Component

Nodes

Elements

Thickness

Cortical bone

5,132,199

3,585,646

1 mm

Cancellous bone

3,471,929

2,496,448

1 mm

Posterior bone

3,440,842

2,377,091

1 mm

Cartilage endplates

1,431,242

912,759

1 mm

Annulus ground substance

2,059,247

1,434,546

1 mm

Nucleus pulposus

717,205

504,657

1 mm

Anterior longitudinal ligament

227,078

128,365

1 mm

Posterior longitudinal ligament

158,748

92,426

1 mm

Ligamentum flavum

30,226

13,447

1 mm

Transverse ligament

285,328

131,648

1 mm

Inter-spinous ligament

28,968

13,158

1 mm

Supra-spinous ligament

17,833

8279

1 mm

Capsular ligament

51,816

24,072

1 mm

Total

17,150,901

11,762,783

1 mm