medullary

• “In a fracture of a long bone, that which surrounds the fragments is called the _external_ or _ensheathing callus_, and may be likened to the mass of solder which surrounds the junction of pipes in plumber-work; that which occupies the position of the medullary canal is called the _internal_ or _medullary callus_; and that which intervenes between the fragments and maintains the continuity of the cortical compact tissue of the shaft is called the”

  Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.

• “That is what in her country, which is also mine, they call the medullary bone, the most tasty and most succulent of all bones. ”

  Dieux ont soif. English

• “It will also be seen that the shaft is a hollow cylinder, formed of compact tissue, enclosing a cavity called the medullary canal, which is filled with a pulpy, yellow fat called _marrow_.”

  A Practical Physiology

• “In addition to these interruptions oblique clefts may be seen in the medullary sheath, subdividing it into irregular portions, which are termed medullary segments, or segments of Lantermann (Fig. 631); there is reason to believe that these clefts are artificially produced in the preparation of the specimens.”

  IX. Neurology. 1. Structure of the Nervous System

• “The body, or diaphysis is cylindrical, with a central cavity termed the medullary canal; the wall consists of dense, compact tissue of considerable thickness in the middle part of the body, but becoming thinner toward the extremities; within the medullary canal is some cancellous tissue, scanty in the middle of the body but greater in amount toward the ends.”

  II. Osteology. 1. Development of the Skeleton

• “These increase in size as they recede from the surface toward a highly vascular stroma in the center of the organ, termed the medullary substance (zona vasculosa of Waldeyer).”

  XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 1. The Ovaries

• “The interior of each of the long bones of the limbs presents a cylindrical cavity filled with marrow and lined by a highly vascular areolar structure, called the medullary membrane.”

  II. Osteology. 2. Bone

• “On the other hand, a rare form of thyroid cancer known as medullary thyroid cancer can be hereditary.”

  NYT > Home Page

• “It is not known if Victoza could cause thyroid tumors or a very rare type of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroid cancer in people.”

  foodconsumer.org

• “It is not known if Victoza could cause thyroid tumors or a very rare type of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroid cancer in people," the FDA said.”

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