bone marrow cavity
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
Term info
- Wikipedia:Bone_marrow_of_ovaryry_cavity
- FMA:83698
- MA:0002783
- FMA:75147
pheno_slim
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7955
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]
not clear if the FMA intends to have two classes. MP:0000065: 'the medullary cavities of the bones.'. NCITA also has 'medullary bone'
uberon
UBERON:0002484
Bone marrow cavity, Medullary cavity