The mineralized connective tissue that constitutes the majority of the skeleton. It consists of an inorganic component (67%) (minerals such as calcium phosphate) and an organic component (33%) (collagenous matrix and cells).
- Alveolar bone: Bony portion of the mandible or maxilla in which the roots of the teeth are held by periodontal ligament fibers. Alveolar bone is formed during tooth development and eruption.
- Basal bone: Bone of the mandible or maxilla, excluding the alveolar bone.
- Bundle bone: Type of alveolar bone, so-called because of the continuation into it of the principal (Sharpey’s) fibers of the periodontal ligament.
- Cancellous bone: (Syn: Medullary bone, Spongy bone, Trabecular bone) Bone in which the trabeculae form a three-dimensional latticework with the interstices filled with bone marrow.
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