The fibrocartilage cushions between the vertebrae in the column are named for their positions along the vertebral bodies, and are called the intervertebral disks. They have a thick outer ring of cartilage called the Annulus Fibrosus as well as a much softer center called the Nucleus Pulposus.
Instructions. 1  Dress Code for a Black-Tie Event Traditionally a black-tie event requires a woman to wear long length dresses like floor length, evening separates or cocktail style because dresses of longer lengths are believed to be more formal than shorter ones.
Once upon a more sartorially inclined time, men regularly attended events at which black tie and white tie were worn. In those more decorous days, formal meant white tie and tails while semi formal referred to dinner clothes, tuxedos and other iterations of black tie.