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bone marrow


The soft blood-forming tissue that fills the cavities of bones and contains fat and immature and mature blood cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Diseases or drugs that affect the bone marrow can affect the total counts of these cells.
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The soft, sponge-like tissue in the center of most bones. It produces white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
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Specialized soft tissue found within bone. Red bone marrow, widespread in the bones of children and found in some adult bones (e.g., pelvis, spine, ribs), is essential for the formation of mature red blood cells. Fat-laden yellow bone marrow, more common in adults, is found primarily at the ends of long bones.
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The soft tissue that fills the cavities of bones in which blood cells are produced.
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The tissue contained within the internal cavities of the bones. A major function of this tissue is to produce red blood cells.
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The inner, spongy tissue of large bones where red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets and made.
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The flexible tissue found in the interior of bones. In humans, marrow in large bones produces new blood cells.
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The soft, sponge-like tissue in the center of most bones. It produces white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
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The tissue within the cavity of the bones where new blood cells are made.
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The spongy material found inside the bones. Most blood cells are made in the bone marrow.
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The soft, spongy tissue in the center of large bones that produces white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
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The soft tissue located in the cavities of bones which is responsible for Blood cell and platelet production.
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Bone marrow is the soft, fatty network of connective tissue that fills the medulla, the internal cavity of the bone. The marrow contains stem cells that produce the three cellular components of blood: [..]
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The spongy material in the centre of the large bones of the body, which makes blood cells
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The spongy material found inside the bones. Most blood cells are made in the bone marrow.
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Definition: (MARE-oh) The soft, spongy tissue found in the center of most large bones that produces the white cells, red cells, and platelets.
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Bone marrow is a thick, spongy kind of jelly inside your bones. Bone marrow makes all kinds of blood cells: red blood cells that carry oxygen, white blood cells that fight infections, and platelets th [..]
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Bone marrow is the tissue contained within the hollow cavity of long bones such as the femur and humerus. It is the primary site for production of blood cells. Many diseases can affect the bone marrow [..]
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Bone marrow is a collection of soft spongy tissues found in the middle of most bones. It is the fourth largest organ in the body by weight, following bone, muscle, and fat. The bone marrow is responsi [..]
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A spongy tissue contained within the center of most of the bones of the skeleton. In this location, the neutrophils, platelets, and red blood cells are made. Chemotherapy frequently suppresses bone marrow production of these cells for at least a few days. | ↑ Back to Top
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The soft Tissue filling the cavities of bones. Bone marrow exists in two types, yellow and red. Yellow marrow is found in the large cavities of large bones and consists mostly of Fat Cells and a few p [..]
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The soft, sponge-like tissue in the center of bones. There are two types of bone marrow: yellow (made up of mostly fat cells) and red (the source of red blood cells, platelets, and most white blood cells).
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The soft tissue filling the cavities of bones. Bone marrow exists in two types, yellow and red. Yellow marrow is found in the large cavities of large bones and consists mostly of fat cells and a few p [..]
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bone marrow


Spongy material found in the hollow part of the bone where red and white blood cells and platelets are produced.
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A soft tissue filling the spaces of the spongy tissue found at the ends of long bones. It produces red blood cells, most types of white blood cells, and platelets.
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The soft, spongy tissue, found in the hollow interior of bones, that produces white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets.
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the removal and evaluation of bone marrow cells to determine if the cells are normal, if cancer has spread to the bone marrow or if there is a problem with blood cell production. This process is usually painless to the pet.
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The flexible tissue found in the interior of bones.
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The spongy material found in the cavities of bones. Most blood cells are made in the bone marrow.
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Soft tissue located within bones that produce all blood cells, including the ones that fight infection. [7]
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 Soft tissue located within bones that produce all blood cells, including the ones that fight infection.
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tissues located in the cavities of bones that are the source of all blood cells
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Soft tissue located within bones that produce all blood cells, including the ones that fight infection.
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The soft tissue inside bones. Three types of blood cells are made in the bone marrow: white blood cells (including neutrophils), red blood cells and platelets.
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 The spongy tissue in the centre of some of the large bones of the body where blood cells are made
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The soft, sponge-like tissue in the center of most bones. Bone marrow makes all kinds of blood cells: white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
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a complex tissue found which cavities in certain bones which contains several stem cell lines (eg. haematopoietic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells).
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Nutrient-rich, spongy tissue that is found in the center shafts of certain long, flat bones of the body, such as the bones of the pelvis. Bone marrow produces the pluripotent stem cell from which all immune cells arise.
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The tissue in the middle of a bone that is involved in the proliferation and differentiation of stem cells to produce blood cells (hematopoiesis).
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material inside bones that produces blood cells.
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The site of blood cell production, found within bone cavities.
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The soft tissue inside bones where blood cells are formed. Most of it is in the long bones. The tissue is active during the whole life and has a large overcapacity. The removal of the marrow from one bone to place prosthesis or repair a bone through intramedullary devices will not jeopardize the function of the bone marrow as blood forming organ. C [..]
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Found in the centre of all large bones. Blood stem cells are produced there.
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the inside of bone where blood cells are formed.
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A soft, spongy tissue that fills the cavities inside most human bones. bone marrow contains adult stem cells which generate all our red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. It is the most co [..]
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Soft tissue located in the cavities of the bones where blood cells such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets are formed
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The soft, pulpy tissue filling the medullary cavities of bones in which the stroma primarily contain the developmental stages of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and megakaryocytes.
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this spongy material in the centre of the large bones produces all the different blood cells. Catheter
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The soft, spongy tissue in the center of large bones that produces white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets.
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The site of hematopoiesis or the generation of the cellular elements of the blood. A source of stem cells used for transplantation of the hematopoietic system. May be referred to as marrow. Proper FACT name is Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells, Marrow or HPC-M. This terminology should be used in all relevant laboratory documents.
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Spongy tissue occupying the hollow central cavity of bones that is the site of hematopoiesis. Following puberty, the marrow located in the spine, ribs, breastbone, hip, shoulders, and skull is most active in blood cell formation. In the adult, the bones of the hands, feet, legs and arms do not contain marrow in which blood cells are made. In these [..]
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The soft sponge-like material inside some bones. Blood cells are formed in the bone marrow. Bone marrow used in cancer therapy may be autologous (the patient's own marrow saved earlier), allogeneic (marrow from someone else), or syngeneic (marrow from an identical twin).
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 The inner, spongy tissue of bones where blood cells are made.
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The soft, spongy material inside bones, which produces red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
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The soft, spongy tissue found in the centre of most large bones that produces the cellular components of blood: white cells, red cells and platelets.
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the inside of bone where blood cells are formed.
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The soft tissue located in the cavities of bones which is responsible for blood cell and platelet production.
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