spongy bone

n
spongiosa, spongy bone, supporting bone, trabecular bone

The bone that forms a trabecular network, surrounds marrow spaces that may contain either fatty or hematopoietic tissue, lies subjacent to the cortical bone, and makes up the main portion of a bone.

cancellous bone; trabecular bone

Type of bone found at the ends of long bones and in the vertebrae. It has a honeycomb structure consisting of small needle-like or flat pieces of mineralized bars called trabeculae, in between which are spaces filled with marrow and fat. Compare compact bone.

n.

1. Bone in which the spicules form a latticework, with interstices filled with embryonic connective tissue or bone marrow. Also called cancellous bone, spongy substance, trabecular bone.
2. Any of the turbinate bones.