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Interoception is the perception of the body's internal signals: heartbeat, breathing, hunger, thirst, temperature, the state of the internal organs. It informs the nervous system about the physiological state of the body.
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The intervertebral disc is a fibrocartilaginous structure located between two vertebral bodies. Made up of a gel-like nucleus surrounded by a fibrous ring, it transmits and distributes loads while allowing the spine to move.
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Intervertebral disc disease (discopathy) refers to an alteration of one or more intervertebral discs, most often degenerative (degenerative disc disease): dehydration, loss of height, tears in the annulus fibrosus. Common on imaging, it is not always painful.
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Intradiscal pressure is the pressure inside the nucleus of the intervertebral disc. It varies with body position, the loads carried and the movements performed.
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