trabecula (redirected from bone trabecula)

trabecula /tra·be·cu·la/ (trah-bek´u-lah) pl. trabe´culae   [L.] a little beam; in anatomy, a general term for a supporting or anchoring strand of connective tissue, e.g., a strand extending from a capsule into the substance of the enclosed organ.trabe´cular

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trabeculae of bone  anastomosing bony spicules in cancellous bone which form a meshwork of intercommunicating spaces that are filled with bone marrow.

fleshy trabeculae of heart  irregular bundles and bands of muscle projecting from a great part of the interior walls of the ventricles of the heart.

septomarginal trabecula  a bundle of muscle at the apical end of the right cardiac ventricle, connecting the base of the anterior papillary muscle to the interventricular septum.

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tra·bec·u·la (tr-bky-l)

n. pl. tra·bec·u·lae (-l)

1. Any of the supporting strands of connective tissue projecting into an organ and constituting part of the framework of that organ.

2. Any of the fine spicules forming a network in cancellous bone.

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tra·becu·lar adj.

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trabecula [trah-bek´u-lah] (L.)

a small beam or supporting structure; used in anatomic nomenclature to designate various fibromuscular bands or cords providing support in various organs, as heart, penis, and spleen, adj., adj trabec´ular.

trabeculae of bone anastomosing bony spicules in cancellous bone which form a meshwork of intercommunicating spaces that are filled with bone marrow.

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trabecula

pl. trabeculae [L.] a small beam or supporting structure; various fibromuscular bands or cords providing support in various organs, such as heart, penis and spleen.

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bone trabecula

anastomosing bony spicules in cancellous bone which form a meshwork of intercommunicating spaces that are filled with bone marrow.

septomarginal trabecula, trabecula septomarginalis

the moderator bands passing from the interventricular septum to the peripheral ventricular wall of the heart.