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The medullary cavities of the bones where bone marrow is stored. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP : 0000065 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10709991 ]

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Term information

Subsets

pheno_slim

definition
  • The medullary cavities of the bones where bone marrow is stored.
dubious for taxon
  • http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7955
external ontology notes
  • not clear if the FMA intends to have two classes. MP:0000065: 'the medullary cavities of the bones.'. NCITA also has 'medullary bone'
has exact synonym
  • marrow cavity
  • cavity of cancellous bone
  • medullary cavity
id
  • UBERON:0002484
structure notes
  • Located in the main shaft (cortical bone) of a long bone (diaphysis) (consisting mostly of compact bone), the medullary cavity has walls composed of spongy bone (cancellous bone) and is lined with a thin, vascular membrane (endosteum)[Wikipedia:Bone_marrow_of_ovaryry_cavity]