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One pool of stem cells supplies red cells, platelets and all white cell types. The figure is taken from American Society of Hematology, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Bone marrow is the factory for every blood cell

One pool of stem cells supplies red cells, platelets and all white cell types Haematopoietic stem cells in red bone marrow divide throughout life and commit to different blood lineages. Some become oxygen-carrying red cells, others platelets or the many varieties of white cell. Adults keep active red marrow in the pelvis, sternum, ribs and vertebrae rather than the limb shafts. It sits in Mondo's human body collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: One pool of stem cells supplies red cells, platelets and all white cell types. The figure is taken from American Society of Hematology, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a human body fact?: Yes. It sits on the Human Body shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.