cancellous, spongy, or trabecular bone (substantia spongiosa)

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Introduction

The central region of the epiphysis containing red bone marrow. Spicules of trabecula form a 3-dimensional latticework (cancellous). Interstitial space is filled with embryonal connective tissue or bone marrow.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Human Anatomy and Physiology, Alexander P Spence & Elliot B. Mason, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc, 1979