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Bone marrow

The tissue found at the centre of many flat or big bones of the body. The bone marrow contains stem cells from which all blood cells are made. Active or red bone marrow contains stem cells from which all blood cells are made and in the adult this is found mainly in the bones making up the axial skeleton � hips, ribs, spine, skull and breastbone (sternum). The other bones contain inactive or (yellow) fatty marrow, which, as its name suggests, consists mostly of fat cells.

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