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Preferred term

Cancellous Bone  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A type of osseous tissue which makes up the inner part of bone. It has a spongy, honeycomb-like structure with struts or trabecula and contains the BONE MARROW. It has higher rate of BONE REMODELING turnover than CORTICAL BONE.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Spongy Bone
  • Trabecular Bone

In other languages

  • French

  • Substance spongieuse
  • Substance trabéculaire

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F2XKFC7W-T

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