Medulla

Medulla refers to the middle of something and derives from the Latin word for marrow. Its anatomical uses include:

  • Medulla oblongata, a part of the brain stem
  • Renal medulla, a part of the kidney
  • Adrenal medulla, a part of the adrenal gland
  • Medulla ossea, the marrow inside a bone
  • Medulla spinalis, an alternative name for the spinal cord
  • Medulla of ovary
  • Medulla of thymus
  • Medulla of lymph node
  • Medulla (hair)
  • Medullary ray (disambiguation)

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
  • Medulla Grammatice or Medulla Grammaticae, a fifteenth-century Latin–Middle English dictionary
  • In botany the word pith is loosely used as synonymous with medulla.