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bone marrow

One entry found.

Main Entry: bone marrow
Function: noun
Date: 1893

: a soft highly vascular modified connective tissue that occupies the cavities of most bones and occurs in two forms: a : one that is yellowish, consists chiefly of fat cells, and is found especially in the cavities of long bones b : one that is reddish, is the chief site of blood cell formation, and occurs in the normal adult in cancellous tissue especially of certain flat bones —called also red marrow


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