Red and Yellow Bone Marrow

Red Bone location in adults

Flat bone of SKULL, vertebrae, ribs, sternum, ossa coxae (hip bone)

Red bone marrow

Is hemopoietic and contains immature blood cells, and fat

Yellow bone marrow

Marrow that is primary in the medullary cavities of long bones and turns into a fatty substance

As we get older the red bone marrow is replaced by what?

Yellow bone marrow, which is composed of fat

What does hemopoietic mean?

Blood cells forming

Children mostly have what type of bone marrow ?

Red bone marrow, but it degenerates as children mature into adults