Anatom3DCartilaginous joints of vertebral column
Juncturae cartilagineae columnae vertebralis · Chrupavčitá spojení páteře
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
The disc joints of the spine: each vertebral body joined to the next by a disc of fibrocartilage.
What it does
Carry most of the body weight and give the spine its shock absorption and bending.
Keeping it well
Discs dry out and flatten with age; this is normal and often painless. Nerve pain with weakness needs assessment.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Axial spondyloarthritis
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scoliosis
- Spina bifida & neural tube defects
- Spinal cord injury
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder