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bone marrow cavity

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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 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10709991 ]

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Label

bone marrow cavity

Synonyms
  • cavity of cancellous bone
  • marrow cavity
  • medullary cavity
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pheno_slim

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'

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]

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