Hematopoiesis occurs in the bone marrow (mainly within flat bones), where erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets are made; and in lymphoid tissue, which is responsible for the maturation of leukocytes and which is found in the thymus, spleen and lymph nodes.he spleen is the main organ where old red blood cells are destroyed. During the destruction of red blood cells, the heme groups turn into bilirubin and this substance is then captured by the liver and later excreted to the bowels as a part of bile.
I'm getting a CT scan on thursday of the lower abdomen and pelvis because of the possibility of an ovarian cyst. My mom says they can be more than $1000, but I just wanted to know if it was cheaper if it's only for a small part of the body. Our insurance probably won't cover much of it and we do not have a lot of...
Typical costs: 1  For patients covered by health insurance, typical out-of-pocket costs would consist of coinsurance of 10%-50%. For example, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, a patient with Medicare and no supplemental insurance could pay $1,500 for a whole-body scan.