Section 69. Among the bony bars and spicules of spongy bone

occurs the red marrow-- which must not be confused with the yellow

marrow, the fatty substance in the central cavity of long bones. In this

red marrow are numerous large colourless cells, which appear

to form within their substance and then liberate red blood corpuscles.

This occurs especially in the spongy bone within the ribs.

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