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, Bone Marrow structure: Red blood cells - Answer: Located inside the sinus around macrophages
Bone Marrow structure: Megakaryocytes - Answer: Located near the sinus wall
Bone Marrow strucure: Granulocytes - Answer: Located adjacent to the venous sinusoids
Bone Marrow Structure: Lymphs - Answer: Leave the bone marrow and proliferate in lymph tissue to
form antigen-dependent cells and antibodies
Bone Marrow Structure: Mesh of Stromal Cells - Answer: -Forms the foundation and support
-Comprised of
-Fat 50% to Tissue 50%
-Histocytes
-Endothelial cells
-Reticulum that extends into the marrow cords
Osteoclast - Answer: Bone Destroying
Osteoblast - Answer: Bone Forming
Where is bone marrow found in infants? - Answer: In all bones
Where is the bone marrow found in Adults? - Answer: In all flat bones
When would one aspirate bone marrow? - Answer: The procedure is painful and costly, so it is only
performed when necessary. Most hospitals only allow the physicians to perform this procedure.
What location of the body is used to perform a bone marrow aspiration? - Answer: Usually is performed
on the posterior superior iliac crest.
-Rarely aspirate the sternum