Figure 2.

Nondegenerated C3‐C4 intervertebral disc (horse 2). All images are oriented with cranial to the left side of the image and dorsal to the topside of the image. A, Sagittal proton density weighted image; the nucleus pulposus is visible as a very slim hyperintense core surrounded by a thin hypointense rim (white arrows); B, sagittal water selective cartilage image, note the cartilaginous endplate visible as a thin hyperintense line parallel to the vertebral bone surface (white arrows); C, radiograph of C2 to C5 with centrally located intervertebral disc space C3‐C4 (white arrow); D, macroscopic image