intervertebral disk of cervical vertebra

Definition

An intervertebral disk that is part of a cervical region of vertebral column. A cervical intervertebral disk connects at least one cervical vertebra, either to another cervical vertebra, or at one point on the vertebral colummn, to a thoracic vertebra.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Parts in this atlas

• intervertebral disk of third cervical vertebra
• intervertebral disk of fourth cervical vertebra
• intervertebral disk of fifth cervical vertebra
• intervertebral disk of sixth cervical vertebra
• intervertebral disk of seventh cervical vertebra
• intervertebral disk of axis

Neighbouring structures

• nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk of cervical vertebra
• nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk of lumbar vertebra
• nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk of thoracic vertebra
• intervertebral disk of lumbar vertebra
• intervertebral disk of thoracic vertebra

Identifiers

FMA

13895

UBERON

0007252

Wikidata

Q66508820