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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 Introduced: 2017/01/01
Last Updated: 2017/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Cancellous Bone MeSH Descriptor Data 2026