anulus /anu·lus/ (an´u-lus) pl. a´nuli   [L.] a small ring or encircling structure; spelled also annulus. anulus fibro´sus   1. fibrous ring of heart: one of the dense ...

ānŭlus (not ann-), i, m. [2. anus, like circulus from circum, not a dim.], a ring, esp. for the finger, a finger-ring; and for sealing, a seal-ring, signet-ring.

Britannica online encyclopedia article on anulus fibrosus:The symphysis between the bodies of two adjacent vertebrae is called an intervertebral disk. It is composed of two parts ...

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the ring of fibrocartilage and fibrous tissue forming the circumference of the intervertebral disc; surrounds the nucleus pulposus, which is prone to herniation when the annulus ...

anulus /anu·lus/ (an´u-lus) pl. a´nuli   [L.] a small ring or encircling structure; spelled also annulus. anulus fibro´sus   1. fibrous ring of heart: one of the dense ...

The disc is made up of three basic structures: the nucleus pulposus, the annulus fibrosus (aka anulus fibrosus) and the vertebral end-plates. Although their composition percentage ...

In this investigation the association of radial tears of the anulus fibrosus and bulging of the intervertebral disk was studied.

anulus fibrosus of intervertebral disc Pronunciation: (an ¢ yu-lus fi-brosus in-tĕr-vĕr ¢ tĕ-bral disk) The ring of fibrocartilage and fibrous tissue forming the circumference ...

Annulus (or anulus), being the Latin and French for "ring" , is a term used to describe various ring or circle shaped objects (or openings): [1] [2] Annulus (entomology), an antennal unit in simple antennae, or a ring-like marking or structure surrounding a joint or segment. Annulus (Herpetology), reference to too small an opening that can be a potential death trap for a reptile that can't pass through.