Modifies a noun

• foramen: The spinal cord has 31 pairs of spinal nerves attached which innervate the body and leave the vertebral canal via the intervertebral foramen.

• disk: The center of an intervertebral disk is softer than the hard fibrous body.

• disk: Prolapsed intervertebral disks are the most common cause of sciatica.

• disease: Intervertebral disk disease is not common but has been reported in the breed.

• osteochondrosis: Spinal DJD was associated with Schmorl's nodes and intervertebral osteochondrosis, and was thought to be activity-related.

• space: Identifying the intervertebral spaces is far easier in thin patients.