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词汇 cancellous
释义 cancellous
adjective
 anatomy specializeduk /ˈkæn.səl.əs/ us /kænˈsel.əs/
used to describe part of a bone that is soft and porous(= full of many small holes), especially found in the centre of a bone:
The specimen comprises a layer of external cortical bone and an internal layer of cancellous bone.
This type of bone begins its growth as a finely cancellous tissue.
Cortical bone is dense, while cancellous bone is loose (spongy).
In younger individuals, the vertebral cancellous network is dense and well connected.
The anterior and posterior ends of the centrum consist of highly cancellous bone.
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