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Cancellous Bone MeSH Descriptor Data 2023


MeSH Heading
Cancellous Bone
Tree Number(s)
A10.165.265.414
Unique ID
D000071556
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071556
Scope Note
A type of osseous tissue which makes up the inner part of bone. It has a spongy, honeycomb-like structure with struts or trabecula and contains the BONE MARROW. It has higher rate of BONE REMODELING turnover than CORTICAL BONE.
Entry Term(s)
Spongy Bone
Trabecular Bone
Previous Indexing
Bone and Bones (1963-2016)
Public MeSH Note
2017
History Note
2017
Date Established
2017/01/01
Date of Entry
2016/06/29
Revision Date
2016/05/31
Cancellous Bone Preferred
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