Cancellous bone (also known as trabecular, or spongy) is a type of osseous tissue with a low density and strength but very high surface area, that fills the inner cavity of long ...

The bones of the wrist and ankle are short bones, as are the sesamoid bones. Flat bones are thin and generally curved, with two parallel layers of compact bones sandwiching a layer ...

They consist primarily of spongy bone, which is covered by a thin layer of compact bone. Short bones include ...

In many bones, the cancellous bone protects the innermost part of the bone, the bone marrow (say: mair-oh). Bone marrow is sort of like a thick jelly, and its job is to make blood ...

Cancellous bone is spongy and not quite as hard as compact bone. These layers make bones light but strong. In the middle of the bone is marrow, which produces two kinds of stem ...

This page contains an epi-fluorescence photomicrograph of a mammalian compact bone taken with the Optronics MagnaFire digital camera system.

All bones are a combination of cancellate and compact bone. Inside each bone is a jelly like substance. This is called bone marrow and is at the center of ...

Class Notes] [Links & Rings] [Online Tests] Types of Bones: Long Bones: Long bones are made primarily of compact bone, except at the ends (epiphysis) which has only a thin ...

Spongy bone is lighter and less dense than compact bone. Hard outer layer called cortical (compact) bone. Bones can be donated and transplanted.

Lateral View]   [Foot Bones: Superior View] V. Bone Structures: Histology; Compact and Spongy: [Compact and Spongy Bone: Gross]   [Compact Bone: