intervertebral
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“Your intervertebral discs tend to get less spongy and they lose their water. Even within a certain day, depending on hydration status, you generally get shorter as the day goes on,” says Kado.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2025
The event is partly aimed at raising awareness and funds to combat intervertebral disc disease, which is common in sausage dogs due to their long bodies.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024
An estimated 40% of low-back pain cases are attributed to degeneration of the cushiony intervertebral discs that absorb shocks and provide flexibility to the spine, previous research suggests.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2024
Michael Lazaris of Vets on the Common, in London, says many as one in five Dachshunds suffer from intervertebral disc disease because of their elongated spines.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024
Flexion is accompanied by compression of the intervertebral discs, and by a slight forward movement of each vertebra on the one below it.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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