cancellated bone

cancellated bone
cancellous bone substantia spongiosa ossium.

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  • cancellous — Denoting bone that has a latticelike or spongy structure. SYN: cancellated. * * * can·cel·lous kan sel əs, kan(t) sə ləs adj having a porous structure made up of intersecting plates and bars that form small cavities or cells <cancellous… …   Medical dictionary

  • substantia spongiosa ossium — [TA] spongy bone: bone substance made up of thin intersecting lamellae, usually found internal to compact bone; called also cancellated, cancellous, or trabecular bone, and s. trabecularis ossium [TA alternative] …   Medical dictionary

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  • cancellate — /kan seuh layt , lit/, adj. 1. Anat. of spongy or porous structure, as bone. 2. reticulate. Also, cancellated /kan seuh lay tid/. [1655 65; < L cancellatus. See CANCEL, ATE1] * * * …   Universalium

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