The reason is that the word tear suggests that some type of trauma lead to the separation or break in the fibers. Most of the time, the tears are a result of long-term, often age-related degenerative changes in the disc and spine. Given that, the standardized term doctors do use is annular fissure..
North Carolina was founded in 1663 by King Charles II. North Carolina joined the US on November 21st, 1789. It was the 12th state to join. In 1663, King Charles II issuedâ¦ a royal charter to eight nobles to settle the area south of Virginia.
NC or N.C. A state of the southeast United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, it was settled by colonists from Virginia in the mid-1600s, was part of the province of Carolina until 1691, and became a separate British colony in 1711. North Carolina ratified the United States Constitution in 1789.