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A spongy bone is also called a cancellous bone or trabecular bone..
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What is a lightweight porous bone that consists of a network of tiny struts and girders?
it is called "spongy bone"
Does spongy bone genrally have central canals?
No, the canals are present in the compact bone (surrounds the spongy bone) and are called Haversian canals.
What is the inner layer of the human bone called?
Spongy inner layer called cancellous bone. Spongy bone is lighter and less dense than compact bone
Spongy bone is characterized by bony plates called?
Spongy bones contain what is called cancellous tissue, which is bone with a spongy or honeycomb appearance. This is where new blood cells are made.This cancellous bone framework is called the erythropoietic framework because it makes new blood cells.
What bone is full of holes?
Spongy Bone.
What Is the bone that makes up the center of the skeleton?
its called the spongy bone
What is the expanded region of a long bone consisting of spongy bone is called?
Diaphysis
What is the spongy stuff called in a joint?
the inside part of most bones. an example in the cranium (skull), we have spongy bone in the middle and compact bone on top and bottom.
What is the expanded region of a long bone consisting of spongy bone called?
Long bones mostly consist of compact bone, but the region that does consist of spongy bone is called the epiphysis. There is a proximal epiphysis and a distal epiphysis. The region consisting of the compact bone is diaphysis.
What is spongy bone also called?
spongey bone is flexible but can break very easily. Isnt science fascinating.
What does spongy bone do and where is is found?
Spongy bone is found in the epiphysis part of bone
Is the compact bone spongy?
Actually the compact bone isn't spongy at all, the compact bone is a tough layer making the bone neither too rigid or too brittle. So the compact bone is not spongy. Spongy bone, like its name is spongy.
