Assertion: red marrow | /r/AtLocation | vertebra
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text: Thereafter, fat tissue gradually replaces the red marrow, which in adults is found only in the vertebrae, hips, breastbone, ribs, and skull and at the ends of the long bones of the arm and leg; other cancellous, or spongy, bones and the central cavities of the long bones are filled with yellow marrow.
text: In all adult long bones (such as the upper arm bones), the middle of shafts (diaphyses) are composed of yellow marrow, while red marrow can be found mainly in short and flat bones (such as the vertebrae).
text: In adults, red marrow is found mainly in the central skeleton, such as the pelvis, sternum, cranium, ribs, vertebrae and scapulae, and variably found in the proximal epiphyseal ends of long bones such as the femur and humerus.