Endplates

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In anatomy, endplates are the parts of the vertebra that come in direct contact with the intervertebral disc to form an article (not found in sacral vertebrae). Each vertebra has two endplates: a superior and an inferior. The vertebral end plate is composed of a layer of thickened cancellous bone.[1]

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