loading...| Preferred Name |
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| Synonyms |
medulla ossea medulla ossium medullary bone medulla of bone |
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| Definitions |
The soft tissue that fills the cavities of bones. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002371 |
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| database_cross_reference |
galen:BoneMarrow NCIT:C12431 MESH:D001853 CALOHA:TS-0087 BTO:0000141 SCTID:421320006 EMAPA:32760 AAO:0011007 MAT:0000084 VHOG:0001218 EFO:0000868 XAO:0000123 MIAA:0000084 BTO:0000829 Wikipedia:Bone_marrow UMLS:C0005953 EV:0100046 FMA:9608 GAID:1287 MA:0000134 |
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| definition |
The soft tissue that fills the cavities of bones. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Gray72-en.svg |
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| editor note |
consider placement of NCIT:C53466 medullary bone TODO - create superclass for bone marrow / head kidney. both are portions of tissue in the hematopoetic system. also consider adding as subclass of zone of bone organ for consistency with FMA. See also: Leydig and epigonal organs |
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| has_exact_synonym |
medulla ossea medulla ossium |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
medullary bone medulla of bone |
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| homology_notes |
The bone marrow is the hematopoietic organ in all vertebrates but fishes, in which hematopoiesis occurs in the kidney.[well established][VHOG] |
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| id |
UBERON:0002371 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim |
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| label |
bone marrow |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002371 |
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| part_of |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001474 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002390 |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001474 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002390 |
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| UBPROP_0000009 |
In adults, marrow in large bones produces new blood cells[Wikipedia:Bone_marrow] |
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