In a herniated ("ruptured" or "slipped") disc, the ring of fibrocartilage called the ________ cracks and the ________ oozes out.
A. lamina; nucleus pulposus
B. anulus fibrosus; nucleus pulposus
C. anulus fibrosus; body
D. nucleus pulposus; lamina
E. nucleus pulposus; anulus fibrosus
Answer: B
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