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Table 2 Description of disc given on the websites

From: Content analysis of the online information available about back pain

Discs are pads that serve as cushions between the individual; vertebral bodies……. a jelly donut with a central softer component and a surrounding firm outer ring.

Discs are fluid filled cushions that protects the vertebra from rubbing together.

Discs are round and flat with a tough outer layer that surrounds the jelly like material called the nucleus.

Spongy sac of cartilage called discs…. That acts as a cushion and provides range of motion to the spine

Fibrous cushions between the vertebra…. That prevents the vertebra to collapse.

Disc acts as cushions between the bones in your spine

Discs are rubbery substances resembling jelly donuts…

The intervertebral discs are fibrocartilaginous cushions serving as the spine's shock absorbing system, which protect the vertebrae, brain, and other structures (i.e., nerves).

When the covering of the disc is torn – known as an annular tear – a soft “jelly” like substance can leak out, called a herniation. The hole in a jelly donut represents the annular tear, and the jelly that leaks out of the donut represents a herniated disc.

A disc is a ring of cartilage filled with jelly-like material - similar to a jelly donut! There are discs between almost all of the bones in your spine. Together, the discs work like shock absorbers to help decrease the impact on your back.