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If an adult gets a bone marrow transplant will it affect its children?
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∙ 14y ago
no it will not affect the child because the child does not depend on the bone so ask a doctor
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Does donor blood type matter in stem cell transplant?
Yes it is possible. The blood cells are produced in the bone marrow so it is only natural, after a bone marrow transplant, for the donated marrow to manufacture blood of the donor's type.
What is a soft yellow or red sustance found in the central cavities of the bones?
This substance is called marrow. Red marrow is found in most bones of children, and is where red and white blood cells are made and mature. Yellow marrow is found in most adult bones, and is mostly composed of fat. The red marrow in childrens bones is slowly converted to yellow marrow as we age. In a middle-aged adult, usually only flat bones still contain red marrow.
Do children's books affect you as an adult?
More or less, yes.
Red bone marrow is associated with what kind of bone tissue?
Flat bones in adult and almost all bones in children
What would you find in the marrow cavity of the diaphysis of an adult humerus?
yellow bone marrow.
Why might adults and children have different kinds of marrow?
At birth, all bone marrow is red. With age, more and more of it is converted to the yellow type. About half of adult bone marrow is red. Red marrow is found mainly in the flat bones. In cases of severe blood loss, the body can convert yellow marrow back to red marrow to increase blood cell production.
What is the process used for harvesting adult stem cells?
the process used in harvesting adult stem cells
What function is performed in the bone marrow but not in the ossified bones of the skeleton?
Red bone marrow makes red blood cells and this is found in all infant and children's bones. In adults most of the red marrow has been replaced with yellow marrow which is fat tissue. Bones that are ossified have fully formed and are adult bones.
Site of hematopoieses in the adult?
Bone marrow
Why can you not just use stem cells from adult bone marrow?
Doctors can and do use stem cells from adult bone marrow but they have to be an exact match to the recipient.
Site of fat storage in the adult?
yellow marrow cavity
What is the site of fat storage in the adult?
the yellow marrow cavity
