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spongiosa

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spongiosa /spon·gio·sa/ (spun″je-o´sah) spongy; sometimes used alone to mean the spongy substance of bone (substantia spongiosa ossium).
spongiosa [spun″je-o´sah]
spongy; sometimes used alone to mean the spongy substance of bone (substantia spongiosa ossium).

spongiosa (spun´jēō´s),
n bone, cancellous.

spongiosa
spongy; sometimes used alone to mean the spongy substance of bone (substantia spongiosa ossium).

primary spongiosa
the mineralized cartilage in the developing metaphysis.
secondary spongiosa
second stage in the mineralization of bony trabeculae; comprises the enlarged, mineralized bony trabeculae of the primary spongiosa.


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VOI evaluations for tibias were also based on selected regions of secondary spongiosa beginning 35 slices from the growth plate bridge at the proximal end and continuing for 100 slices.
Swire (1990) described Eisenackitina spongiosa from the Middle Wenlock Coalbrookdale Formation, Shropshire.
The fibrous tissue replaces the spongiosa and fills in the medullary cavity with poorly calcified trabeculae.
 
 
 
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