ISSN:
0003-276X
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Four rabbit skeletons were completely analyzed for marrow contents by means of a volumetric technique developed previously in a study of the dog skeleton (Gong and Arnold, 1965). The distribution of the marrow in various skeletal areas as well as the relative contents of the three marrow components (water, fat and non-fatty organic fraction) were determined.It was found that more than two-thirds of the rabbit marrow was located in the various flat bones and one-third in the long bones. In spite of this, almost half of the skeletal marrow fat was located in the long bones. The nonfatty organic fraction of the marrow in the long bones, on the other hand, constituted only one-sixth of that found in the whole animal skeletal marrow. In terms of total marrow, about 51% of the rabbit skeletal volume was marrow. Based on the concept that fat-free marrow is a more adequate index of active marrow than the red marrow (Gong and Arnold, 1965), the distribution of the various centers of marrow activity was described and discussed.
Additional Material:
6 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.1091670108
