cancellous definition
Bone may be compact, or loose and spongy in character, when it is known as cancellous bone. The Vertebrate Skeleton Sidney H. Reynolds. These horn cores are formed internally of cancellous bone, and on them the true epidermal horns are borne. The Vertebrate Skeleton Sidney H. Reynolds. The tympanic is not fused to the periotic and has a small bulla not filled with cancellous bone. The Vertebrate Skeleton Sidney H. Reynolds.