Major components of a plasmodesma (PD) include a plasma membrane, a desmotubule, and a cytoplasmic annulus, all of which are readily detectable by electron microscopy.
An X-Ray and CT often show a bamboo spine, which is caused by the ossification of the annulus fibrosus on the outside of a straightened spine, giving it a hollow appearance!
Between each of the vertebral bodies is an intervertebral disc which is made of type I and type II collagen and has two parts, the annulus fibrosis, an outer fibrous ring, and the nucleus pulposus, an inner jelly-like substance.