A herniated intervertebral disc is caused by
A) loss of annulus fibrosis elasticity.
B) slippage of the fibrocartilage disc.
C) ossification of the vertebral disc.
D) protrusion of the nucleus pulposus.
E) transformation of fibrocartilage to hyaline cartilage.
Answer: D
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a cluster of several ribosomes reading one mRNA during translation is called a ________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).