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Descriptor
English
:
Bone Marrow
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Médula Ósea
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Medula Óssea
Synonyms
English
:
Marrow
Marrow, Bone
Marrow, Red
Marrow, Yellow
Red Marrow
Yellow Marrow
Tree Number:
A15.382.216
Definition
English
:
The soft
tissue
filling the cavities of bones.
Bone marrow
exists in two types, yellow and red. Yellow marrow is found in the large cavities of large bones and consists mostly of fat cells and a few primitive
blood cells
. Red marrow is a hematopoietic
tissue
and is the site of production of
erythrocytes
and granular
leukocytes
.
Bone marrow
is made up of a framework of
connective tissue
containing branching fibers with the frame being filled with marrow cells.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
/cytol =
BONE MARROW CELLS
; /transpl =
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
: do not coord with
TRANSPLANTATION
, HOMOLOGOUS;
inflammation
=
OSTEOMYELITIS
;
fibrosis
= MYELOFIBROSIS; do not confuse words containing "myel-" for
spinal cord
with "myel-" for
bone marrow
Consider also terms at
English
:
MYEL-
Entry Combination - descr/qualif
English
:
Bone Marrow
/
cytology
use
Bone Marrow Cells
Bone Marrow
/
transplantation
use
Bone Marrow Transplantation
History Note
English
:
65; BONE MARROW CELLS was heading 1965-77; /transplantation was BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION 1964-65, was BONE MARROW/transplantation 1966-89
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
DG
diagnostic imaging
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
IR
innervation
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
SU
surgery
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
1878
Unique Identifier:
D001853
Occurrence in VHL
:
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