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The medullary cavity is the innermost part, the central cavity of the bone shaft where red and yellow bone marrow is stored.

An antrum is a cavity or chamber especially in the bone of the sinuses of the upper jaw bones, opening into the nasal cavity.

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What are cavities left in a rocks when a shell or bone dissolves?

molds


What cavities left in rocks when a shell or bone dissolves called?

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