| bone marrow |
The spongy material that fills the inner spaces of the bones. It is the place where many blood elements, such as red blood cells, are produced. High doses of radiation can destroy bone marrow during cancer treatment.
Ãâó: www.ctrf.org/glossary.cfm
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| bone scan |
a procedure in which a concentration of radioactive substance that has an affinity for specific tissue is injected into the blood stream to enhance the images of bone activity
Ãâó: www.spinehospital.com/education/glossary.html
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| bone graft |
bone tissue usually taken from the ileum of the pelvis or bone bank used for fusing vertebrae together in spinal surgery
Ãâó: www.spinehospital.com/education/glossary.html
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| bone graft |
is surgery to place new bone into spaces between or around fractures (broken bone) or defects (holes) in bone. New bone to be grafted around fractures or defects can be autografts (taken from the patient's own healthy bone) or allografts (from frozen, donated bone).
Ãâó: craniofacial.seattlechildrens.org/resources/glossa...
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| bone |
hard substance that makes the skeletal system.
Ãâó: healthandfitness.com/glossary.html
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