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Preferred term

Cancellous Bone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bone, Spongy
  • Bones, Spongy
  • Bones, Trabecular
  • Bone, Trabecular
  • Spongy Bone
  • Spongy Bones
  • Trabecular Bone
  • Trabecular Bones

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2017

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071556

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