medullary membrane
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Medullary cavity — The medullary cavity (medulla, innermost part) is the central cavity of bone shafts where red bone marrow and/or yellow bone marrow (adipose tissue) is stored; hence, the medullary cavity is also known as the marrow cavity. Located in the main… … Wikipedia
Medullary ray (anatomy) — In anatomy, the medullary ray is the middle part of the cortical lobule or renal lobule, consisting of a group of straight tubes to the collecting ducts. Their name is potentially misleading the medullary refers to their destination, not their… … Wikipedia
Medullary interstitium — The medullary interstitium is the tissue surrounding the loop of Henle in the renal medulla. It functions in renal water reabsorption by building up a high hypertonicity, which draws water out of the thin descending limb of the loop of Henle and… … Wikipedia
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
medullary sheath — noun a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers • Syn: ↑myelin sheath • Hypernyms: ↑sheath, ↑case • Part Holonyms: ↑medullated nerve fiber, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mucous membrane — Layers: serosa longitudinal muscle myenteric plexus circular muscle submucosal plexus submucosal mucosal … Wikipedia
endosteum — A layer of cells lining the inner surface of bone in the central medullary cavity. SYN: medullary membrane, perimyelis. [endo + G. osteon, bone] * * * end·os·te·um en däs tē əm n … Medical dictionary
Nutrient artery — Latin a. nutricia, a. nutriens Gray s subject #18 88 The medullary or nutrient artery, usually accompanied by one or two veins, sends branches upward and downward to the bone marrow, which ramify in the medullary membrane, and give twigs to the… … Wikipedia
Neprilysin — Membrane metallo endopeptidase The structure of the neprilysin ectodomain in complex with a zinc chelating inhibitor. The zinc atom is shown as a gray sphere and the inhibitor is shown in green. Rendering based on 1r1h … Wikipedia
Lamina — A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body. * * * SYN: plate (1). SEE ALSO: layer, stratum. [L] l. affixa [TA] that part of the medial ependymal wall of the … Medical dictionary
