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intervertebral symphysis (medicine) and Whymper, Edward (sh)


intervertebral symphysis (medicine)


intervertebral symphysis


The union between adjacent vertebral bodies composed of the nucleus pulposus, annular ligament, and the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments.

Synonym: symphysis intervertebralis.


Whymper, Edward (sh)




born April 27, 1840, London, Eng.
died Sept. 16, 1911, Chamonix, Fr.

British mountaineer and artist.

He became a mountaineer after making sketches for a book on the Alps. In 1865 he made the first ascent of the Matterhorn; an accident on the descent caused the death of four of his companions. His Scrambles Amongst the Alps (1871) and Travels Amongst the Great Andes (1892) describe his experiences and are illustrated with his own engravings.