Compact VS Spongy Bone Flashcards by Betzy Castro | Brainscape

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Spongy Bone

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Compact Bone

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What are the differences between compact/dense/cortical vs spongy/cancellous/trabecular bone?

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compact/dense/cortical
- solid and dense bones
- forms the outer part of long bone

spongy/cancellous/trabecular bone
- porous bones
- forms the inner part and the epiphyses of long bone

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Trabeculae

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Trabeculae

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What are trabeculae?

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a lattice ofc narrow bone
- made out of osseous
- goes in all different directions to resist stress in diff direction

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