English to Italian Medical Medical (general) midollo osseo

Nel manuale trovo:
Clinical Remarks
Bone taps can be conducted on the sternum, pelvic and iliac crest.
Rarely conducted today, the sternal tap is a diagnostic bone marrow tap to assess bone marrow cells for diseases of the blood.
The puncture site is located in the median line in the Corpus sterni between the roots of the IInd and IIIrd rib.
It is for example conducted on obese patients, since it is easier to puncture the sternum here than at the more commonly used iliac crest.
Areas that should not be tapped include the area of the rib-sternum connections, as there can be synchondrosis in this region, as well as the lower two thirds of the Corpus sterni, because, due to the paired bone system, there may be a Fissura sterni congenita (opening within the sternum) and the tap needle could penetrate into the heart.

L'edizione italiana precedente del manuale traduce con "Biopsie di midollo osseo". E' giusto? Non ho mai trovato bone taps e non capisco cosa siano.
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