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What is the the spongy material found between the vertebrae called?
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∙ 15y ago
The part between the vertebrae is called the intervertebral disk. In the center of the disk is a the spngey part called the nucleus pulposus.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThis spongy material is called the "VERTEBRAL BODY" ; ACSM's Resources for the Personal Trainer, second edition, 2007
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∙ 8y agoCartilage or, depending on what you are asking, bone.
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∙ 15y agoIntervertebral disc
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∙ 14y agoIntervertebral discs .
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Why are spongy bones spongy?
Spongy bones are not literally spongy. These bones are just extremely porous giving the appearance of looking like spongy material.
Do all compact bones contain spongy and compact bone tissue?
Maybe a little, but most red bone marrow is foundin the SPONGY bone of the skull,ribs,sternum, vertebrae and in the end of long bones.
What is the name of the sight where the spongy bone is located in the adult?
Spongy bone, also known as cancellous bone, is less dense than compact bone and is composed of a honeycomb-like network of bones called trabeculae. Spongy bone actually looks like a sponge. It is found at the expanded heads of long bones, such as bones of the arms, legs, fingers and toes and also in the ribs. Spongy bone also fills most irregular bones, such as bones of the skull, vertebrae and hips. Blood vessels run throughout the substance and marrow fills the spaces between the tissues. Spongy bones are designed to bear stress caused by bending or stretching.
What is do you call the green material in the palisade layer and spongy layer?
chlorophyll
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 is the spongy material containing waterlogged mosses and plants called?
Peat.
Where is the spongy bone found?
Spongy bone, which is also called cancellous bone, is found in the inner layer of bones. It is primarily found at the ends of long bones, inside the vertebrae, and proximal to joints.
What is the bone in the backbone?
The bones of the back are the vertebrae, doughnut-shaped bones with the spinal nerves running through them and spongy cartilage discs between most of them. In humans, the spine consists of 33 vertebrae divided into five groups: the cervical vertebrae (neck), thoracic vertebrae (ribs), the lumbar vertebrae (back), the sacral vertebrae (hips) and the coccygeal vertebrae (coccyx or tailbone).
Why are spongy bones spongy?
Spongy bones are not literally spongy. These bones are just extremely porous giving the appearance of looking like spongy material.
What is the spongy bone between the plates of flat bones called?
cartilage
What is the spongy tissue surrounding the penis called?
The spongy stuff is called a foreskin.
Do all compact bones contain spongy and compact bone tissue?
Maybe a little, but most red bone marrow is foundin the SPONGY bone of the skull,ribs,sternum, vertebrae and in the end of long bones.
What is a spongy bone called?
A spongy bone is also called a cancellous bone or trabecular bone..
What is the spongy material directly beneath the enamel in teeth?
Teeth
What is the spongy material that covers about a sixth of Ireland?
This material is called peat, and it can be found in bogs throughout the island of Ireland. It is often cut out of the ground and used for fuel in rural parts of the country.
Red blood cells are prduced in the?
Red marrow which is found mainly in the flat bones such as hip bone, breast bone, skull, ribs, vertebrae and shoulder blades, and in the cancellous ("spongy") material at the proximal ends of the long bones femur and humerus.
What is spongy degeneration of the brain also called?
Spongy degeneration of the brain is also called Canavan disease
