trabecula

Introduction

• One of the supporting fibers traversing the substance of a structure, usually derived from the capsule or one of the fibrous septa.
• A small piece of spongy substance of bone usually inter- connected with other similar pieces.
• In histopathology, a band of neoplastic tissue 2 or more cells wide.

More specific terms

• septomarginal trabecula; moderator band
• trabeculae carneae (of right & left ventricles), Rathke bundles