( ( ( Intervertebral disc ) ( An ( intervertebral disc ) ) ) ( ( is ( ( ( the ( flexible plate ) ) ( of fibrocartilage ) ) ( that ( connects ( ( any ( two ( adjacent vertebrae ) ) ) ( in ( the ( ( backbone or ) spine ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (JJ Intervertebral) (NN disc)) (NP (DT An) (JJ intervertebral) (NN disc))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ flexible) (NN plate)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN fibrocartilage))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ connects) (NP (NP (DT any) (CD two) (JJ adjacent) (NN vertebrae)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN backbone) (CC or) (NN spine))))))))) (. .)))
Intervertebral disc An intervertebral disc is the flexible plate of fibrocartilage that connects any two adjacent vertebrae in the backbone or spine.
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Intervertebral) (NNS discs)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN made) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN fibrocartilage))))) (. .)))