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Nutrition of the disc depends mainly on diffusion of the nutrients through marrow cavities located in the vertebral end-plate. The nucleus and the inner two-thirds of the annulus are dependent upon simple gradient-related diffusion of molecules, while the outer anulus fibrosus receives nutrients directly from the capillary vessels.
