bone marrow cavity

Preferred Label : bone marrow cavity;

Uberon definition : the medullary cavities of the bones where bone marrow is stored;

Uberon synonym : marrow cavity; cavity of cancellous bone; medullary cavity;

Uberon Structure note : 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];

Details

Origin ID

0002484;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Medullary cavity [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Medullary cavity [FMA entity]
- Medullary cavity [ICHI extension code]
- medullary cavity [Radlex concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Bone marrow cavity [FMA entity]
- Medullary cavity [FMA entity]
adjacent to
- endosteum [UBERON concept]
part of
- compact bone tissue [UBERON concept]
surrounds
- bone marrow [UBERON concept]

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