Conservation status: Endangered. Diet: Main diet is krill, also other plankton. Appearance: Blue-grey, with lighter tones on underside. Blue whales can truly claim the title of âgentle giants.â The largest creatures known to have ever lived on Earth, their tongues can outweigh elephants, their hearts can outweigh cars.
A. membrane that lines the marrow cavity of a long bone B. region between the diaphysis and epiphysis C. disk between the vertebrae D. red bone marrow E. membrane that covers the outside of a bone Question 12 of 25 (worth 1 point) Hernia of the meninges is A. a meningocele B. meningitis C. meningodysplasia D. a meningioma E. meningorrhagia.
bone marrow the soft, organic, spongelike material in the cavities of bones; called also medulla ossium. It is a network of blood vessels and special connective tissue fibers that hold together a composite of fat and blood-producing cells.Its chief function is to manufacture erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets.. The soft tissue in the marrow cavities of long bones (yellow marrow) and in the spaces between trabeculae of spongy bone in the sternum and other flat and irregular bones (red marrow). Yellow marrow consists principally of fat cells and connective tissue and does not participate in hematopoiesis.