Crossword clues for bone marrow
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. (context anatomy English) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones; the place where new blood cells are produced. n. (context anatomy English) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones; the place where new blood cells are produced.
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Wikipedia
Bone marrow is the flexible tissue in the interior of bones. In humans, red blood cells are produced by cores of bone marrow in the heads of long bones in a process known as hematopoiesis. On average, bone marrow constitutes 4% of the total body mass of humans; in an adult having 65 kilograms of mass (143 lbs), bone marrow typically accounts for approximately . The hematopoietic component of bone marrow produces approximately 500 billion blood cells per day, which use the bone marrow vasculature as a conduit to the body's systemic circulation. Bone marrow is also a key component of the lymphatic system, producing the lymphocytes that support the body's immune system.
Bone marrow transplants can be conducted to treat severe diseases of the bone marrow, including certain forms of cancer such as leukemia. Additionally, bone marrow stem cells have been successfully transformed into functional neural cells, and can also potentially be used to treat illnesses such as inflammatory bowel disease.
The bone marrow of animals is widely used by humans as food. It consist of yellow marrow contained in long bones. Marrow is probably the easiest form of offal to obtain. It may be found in bone-in cuts of meat purchased from a butcher or supermarket.
Usage examples of "bone marrow".
On the ground glass portion of the slide was written: MICHELLE MAR- TEL #882673 BONE MARROW.
He says that we might have to think about a bone marrow transplant.
The treat of the bone marrow was always kept back for the hunters, after the bones were cracked in the intense heat of their own fire.
White cells proliferated out of the bone marrow and flooded the system, attacking healthy systems.
Cedars-Sinai Hospital, five years ago, blood and bone marrow samples had been taken from him because it was his father's emotional decision that the Alpha-series clones should be developed from his lost boy's genetic material.
In a vision-flash of quasi-memory, she had seen herself walking along the bed of one of Los Angeles' notorious cement-paved rivers, something she knew down to the molecules of her bone marrow she had never done and would never do.
Sweat seemed to burst from his pores like bone marrow squeezed through his skin.
Scavenging for bone marrow was in the same program, and similarly critical.