Bone Marrow Cells

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Bone MarrowCells

• Brytnei Rocha
• Anthony Hopkins
• Lauralee Espinosa

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What is bone marrow?

• The flexible tissue found in the hollow interior
  of bones.
• Contains stem cells that are precursors of white
  and red blood cells and platelets.
• Red Marrow- Myeloid tissue, red and white cells,
  platelets.
• Yellow Marrow- fatty cells and some white cells.

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• Red Blood Cells

• White Blood Cells

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Why is it important?

• These blood cells are vital for normal body
  function.
• Some of these functions are the following
• Oxygen transport
• Defense against infection
• Defense against diseases
• Defense against clotting

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Purpose of bone marrow cells

• Red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body
  and remove carbon dioxide from the bodies tissue.
• White blood cells form cornerstone of the bodys
  immune system and defend it against infection.
• Platelets limit bleeding by enabling the blood to
  clot if a blood vessel is damaged.

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Activity

• Groups will examine bone marrow using the
  microscope.
• Groups will be able to see cells and fat cells
  that compile the bone marrow.