title: Biomechanical characteristics of vertebral motion segments and intervertebral discs.
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000502:physiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000502:physiology*; D008961:Models, Structural; D009038:Motion; D011312:Pressure; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000502:physiology*