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The substance that makes red and white blood cells within bone is called the bone marrow. Why does the bone do this? You may as well be asking why your heart beats, or why your lungs make you breathe - instinct. The action of making blood cells is an involuntary action, your body knows that it needs to be done, so it carries out the task; you don't have to tell your bone marrow to make blood cells. Most of the marrow in bones - the whitish creamy marrow - produces white blood cells, whereas longer bones such as the femur and the humerus have red bone marrow, and therefore make red blood cells.

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What is exported out of your bones?

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What is the innermost part of the bone where blood vessels are manufactured?

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The substance inside the bone that makes blood cells?

Bone marrow.


What part of the bone can you find the nerves and blood vessels?

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What system is the bone marrow from?

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What substance makes blood cells?

bone marrow


What is something inside the bones and makes your blood?

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What makes blood in body?

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