Spongy bone. Macrophotograph of normal spongy bone from a human femur (thigh bone). Bone tissue is either compact or spongy (cancellous); both forms are usually present in any particular bone of the body. Spongy bone is characterised by its arrange- ment as an open honeycomb. It consists of trabeculae (bars) and spicules of bone separated by large spaces which,in a living bone,contain the bone marrow | |
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