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bone marrow cavity

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The medullary cavities of the bones where bone marrow is stored. [ MP:0000065 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10709991 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: medullary cavity, marrow cavity, cavity of cancellous bone

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pheno_slim

RO 0002174

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7955

UBPROP 0000010

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]

UBPROP 0000012

not clear if the FMA intends to have two classes. MP:0000065: 'the medullary cavities of the bones.'. NCITA also has 'medullary bone'

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UBERON:0002484

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Bone marrow cavity, Medullary cavity