Which term is another name for spongy bone?

Which term is another name for spongy bone?

• A. Cancellous
• B. Cortical
• C. Compact
• D. Trabecular

Answer: (A)

Spongy bone is the porous interior part of bone, made up of a lattice of thin trabeculae. Because of this lattice-like, spongey appearance, the tissue is called cancellous bone. That term is the standard name for this type of bone and is used to describe its light, highly vascular, marrow-housing interior. While you may also hear trabecular bone to refer to the same internal network, cancellous is the formal name for the tissue itself. The other terms describe different aspects: cortical (or compact) bone is the dense outer shell that gives strength and rigidity, whereas trabecular describes the internal lattice structure rather than naming the tissue category itself.

Spongy bone is the porous interior part of bone, made up of a lattice of thin trabeculae. Because of this lattice-like, spongey appearance, the tissue is called cancellous bone. That term is the standard name for this type of bone and is used to describe its light, highly vascular, marrow-housing interior. While you may also hear trabecular bone to refer to the same internal network, cancellous is the formal name for the tissue itself. The other terms describe different aspects: cortical (or compact) bone is the dense outer shell that gives strength and rigidity, whereas trabecular describes the internal lattice structure rather than naming the tissue category itself.