Medulla
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'''Medulla''' refers to the middle of something, and derives from the [[Latin]] word for '[[marrow]]' (the Latin equivalent of the Greek stem ''myelo'').
In medicine it refers to either [[bone marrow]], the [[spinal cord]], or more generally, the middle part of a structure (as opposed to the [[Cortex (anatomy)|cortex]]). Examples of its use include:
* the [[medulla oblongata]], a part of the brain stem
* the [[renal medulla]], a part of the kidney
* the [[adrenal medulla]], a part of the adrenal gland
* [[medulla ossea]], the marrow inside the bone
* [[medulla spinalis]], another term for spinal cord
* [[Medulla of ovary]]
Non-medical uses of the term include:
* ''[[Medúlla]]'', a 2004 music album by Icelandic singer Björk.
* [[Medulla, Florida]], a U.S. city
* [[Las Médulas]], Ancient Roman gold mines in León, Spain, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* Medula the Deviant, [[Marvel Comics]] character
* ''[[Medulla Grammatice]]'' or ''Medulla Grammaticae'', a fifteenth-century Latin-Middle English dictionary
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