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Yellow bone marrow is made mostly of fat, while red bone marrow is made of blood cells. Yellow marrow can be converted to red marrow in some instances, and it happens automatically inside the body.

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Yellow marrow mainly consists of fat cells. Yellow marrow is one of two parts of bone marrow and the other is red marrow.

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I think its red blood cells in the bone marrow but we haven't studied yellow or anything about that.

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made of adipose tissue

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What bone marrow is mainly fat?

Fat is stored in all bones that consist of yellow bone marrow.


What do red bone marrow and yellow bone marrow have in common?

the red bone marrow produces red and white cells and platelets, while they are found in more children than in adults. The yellow bone marrow consist of fats.


Where is the storage of lipids in bones?

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What is a sentence using the word yellow marrow?

White blood cells are formed in the yellow marrow. Red blood cells are formed in the red marrow. Yellow marrow has a higher concentration of fat.


What are the two kinds of marrow?

red marrow and yellow marrow...


What is a yellow marrow?

Yellow marrow is bone marrow that is involved in fat storage as opposed to red marrow which is involved in the production of red blood cells.


What would you find in the marrow cavity of the diaphysis of an adult humerus?

yellow bone marrow.


What are the two types of bone marrow?

Red Marrow, and Yellow Marrow.


Body parts starting with Y?

· yellow marrow


Human body part that starts with a Y?

yellow marrow?


What does yellow marrow store?

Yellow bone marrow mostly stores and is made up of fat cells. The yellow bone marrow makes up about half of the adult human bodies bone marrow.


Where is the storage area for yellow marrow in an adult bone.?

Yellow marrow is located in long or short bones. Yellow bone marrow is found in the hollow interior of the middle portion of the bones. During severe blood loss, the body can convert yellow marrow to red marrow.Yellow marrow is found in the hollow interior of the diaphyseal portion or the shaft of long bones. By the time a person reaches old age, nearly all of the red marrow is replaced by yellow marrow. However, the yellow marrow can revert to red if there is increased demand for red blood cells, such as in instances of blood loss.