A simplified model of disc compression as a hydrostatic skeleton. (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

A simplified model of disc compression as a hydrostatic skeleton.

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A simplified model of disc compression as a hydrostatic skeleton. Compared to the uncompressed state, compression of the hydrostatic skeleton or disc is theorized to increase intralamellar fiber alignment, increase the interlamellar fiber angle, and increase fibril stretching.

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