loading...| Preferred Name |
bone marrow |
| Synonyms |
medulla of bone medulla ossium medullary bone medulla ossea |
| Definitions |
The soft tissue that fills the cavities of bones. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002371 |
| database_cross_reference |
AAO:0011007 galen:BoneMarrow GAID:1287 EV:0100046 SCTID:421320006 NCIT:C12431 MAT:0000084 MIAA:0000084 BTO:0000829 EMAPA:32760 VHOG:0001218 BTO:0000141 UMLS:C0005953 Wikipedia:Bone_marrow XAO:0000123 FMA:9608 CALOHA:TS-0087 MESH:D001853 MA:0000134 EFO:0000868 |
| definition |
The soft tissue that fills the cavities of bones. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Gray72-en.svg |
| 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 |
| function_notes |
In adults, marrow in large bones produces new blood cells[Wikipedia:Bone_marrow] |
| has exact synonym |
medulla ossium medulla ossea |
| has part | |
| has related synonym |
medulla of bone medullary bone |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| homology_notes |
The bone marrow is the hematopoietic organ in all vertebrates but fishes, in which hematopoiesis occurs in the kidney.[well established][VHOG] |
| id |
UBERON:0002371 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
bone marrow |
| notation |
UBERON:0002371 |
| part_of |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001474 |
| prefLabel |
bone marrow |
| present_in_taxon | |
| treeView |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001474 |
| subClassOf |