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Lumbar Vertebra with Herniated Disc and Impingement of Spinal Nerve Root

EK00037-B

This full color medical illustration shows a lumbar vertebra and intervertebral disc (annulus fibrosus, nucleus pulposus). The image depicts a postero-lateral disc herniation with the contents of the disc ruptured and encroaching on the thecal sac and spinal nerve root.