What is a spica cast? A spica cast (also called a hip spica cast or body cast) immobilizes the hips and thighs so that bones or tendons can heal properly. It's usually put on in surgery while the child is sleeping. There are several types of spica casts. They begin at the chest and may extend down to cover one leg, both legs, or the leg on one side and down to the hip or knee of the other side. The doctor will decide what type of spica cast your child needs. Cast care
For other uses, see marrow. A marrow is a vegetable, the mature fruit of certain Cucurbita pepo cultivars. The immature fruits of the same cultivars are called zucchini (in North America, Australia and Germany) or courgette (in the British Isles, the Netherlands and New Zealand).he fashion for eating immature marrows, called in Britain courgettes, is relatively recent in Britain. Sudell (1966) does not mention courgettes, although he has a section on vegetable marrow, noting both trailing (vining) and bush types and saying cut when young.
Red blood cells, white blood cells and plasma are all formed inside of bones in the red bone marrow. Stem cells within the bone marrow constantly produce blood cells and work harder when the body is ill or bleeding to make up for blood cells lost.lowly, as the body ages, this marrow is replaced by inactive marrow that is known as yellow bone marrow. Red bone marrow is responsible for producing and destroying blood cells. About a third of the marrow's production consists of red blood cells and the rest is white blood cells and platelets.