Platelets: Platelets are found in the bloodstream that binds to fibrinogen at the site of a wound to begin the blood clotting process
Stem cells: Cells that gives rise to a lineage of cells. Particularly used to describe the most primitive cells in the bone marrow from which all the various types of blood cell are derived
Chromosome: The self-replicating genetic structures of cells containing the cellular DNA that bears in its nucleotide sequence the linear array of genes.
Osteomyelitis: Inflammation of bone caused by microorganisms. It may remain localised or may spread through the bone to involve the marrow, cortex, cancerous tissue and periosteum.