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| | Bones |
 | | Osseous tissue itself is made of water (about 1/4 of the bone weight), organic material (about 1/3 of the bone weight, most of which is the protein, ossein) and inorganic minerals (calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium predominate, though iron, sodium, potassium, chlorine, and fluorine are also present in small amounts). |
 | | The compact bone tissue serves as the outer shell of the bone and serves to protect the inner core of spongy bone (trebiculae, or substantia spongiosa). |
 | | The marrow in newborns and children is generally red, turning yellow in adults in all bones with the exceptions of upper ends of the humerus and femur and in many of the flat bones of the skull, vertebrae, ribs, sternum, and hip. |
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