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Limitations of the nutrient supply to cells of the nucleus pulposus. Due to the avascularity of the intervertebral disc nutrient supply and waste removal is entirely relying on diffusion through the cartilaginous endplates. This results in a gradient through the disc with a minimum of nutrients (pO2, glc glucose) and a maximum of waste products (lac lactate) in the middle of the disc
