Medulla (Latin for "marrow") or medullary may refer to:

Science

  • Medulla oblongata, a part of the brain stem
  • Renal medulla, a part of the kidney
  • Adrenal medulla, a part of the adrenal gland
  • Medulla of ovary, a stroma in the center of the ovary
  • Medulla of the thymus, a part of the lobes of the thymus
  • Medulla of lymph node
  • Medulla (hair), the innermost layer of the hair shaft
  • Medulla, a part of the optic lobe of arthropods
  • Medulla (lichenology), a layer of the internal structure of a lichen
  • Pith, or medulla, a tissue in the stems of vascular plants

Other uses

  • Medúlla, a 2004 album by Björk
  • Medulla, Florida, a place in the U.S.
  • Las Médulas, a gold mining site in León, Spain

See also

  • Medullary cavity, the central cavity of bone shafts
  • Medullary ray (disambiguation)
  • Medulla Grammatice, a fifteenth-century Latin–Middle English glossary