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This bone marrow is responsible for making RBCs
What is red bone marrow?
The inability to provide adequate oxygen to the body's tissues, either due to not enough hemoglobin or healthy red blood cells.
What is anemia?
Porosity and thinning of the outer cranial table in the cranial vault.
What is porotic hyperostosis?
Porosity and thinning of the outer cranial table in the superior orbit.
What is cribra orbitalia?
See the picture on slide 17
What is cribra orbitalia?
See the picture on slide 18
What is porotic hyperostosis?
Porosity on the orbital roof due to the typical developmental relationship between vasculature and bone
What is cribra orbitalia sensu strictu?
Scurvy, rickets, osteomalacia, renal failure, chronic scalp infections, and endocrine disorders
What are examples of diseases where anemia is a symptom rather than the disease itself?
At this age, it is unlikely that the red to yellow bone marrow conversion will take place inside the skull
What is 40 years old?
Cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis are synonymous pathologies, indicative of anemia, where the expansion of the red bone marrow caused perforations in the cranial vault.
What is the traditional interpretation of cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis?