Question

If you were going to donate bone marrow to a patient with leukemia, would you donate red or yellow? Why?

Answer 1

Answer) Donate red bone marrow

Explanation - Red bone marrow is present in the medullary cavity of bones. It is vascular and appears red in color due to presence of red blood cells. It consists of network of fine reticular fibers containing blood forming cells i.e it is useful for production of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.

So red bone marrow is important site for hemopoiesis(formation of blood cells).

leukemia is defined as decrease in white blood cells. As white blood cells are formed in red bone marrow, so donate red bone marrow to the patient.

Yellow bone marrow do not cause formation of blood cells. Yellow bone marrow mainly consists of adipose(fatty) tissue. However it may contain few hemopoietic elements. S