Cancellous bone

In ICOI’s official glossary, Cancellous bone is cross-referenced to Bone.

Bone: 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). 1.

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. 2.

Basal bone: Bone of the mandible or maxilla, excluding the alveolar bone. 3.

Bundle bone: Type of alveolar bone, so-called because of the continuation into it of the principal (Sharpey’s) fibers of the periodontal ligament. 4.

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.