what is spongy bone......?
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Spongy bone, also known as cancellous bone or trabecular bone, is a very porous type of bone found in animals. It is highly vascularized and contains red bone marrow. Spongy bone is usually located at the ends of the long bones (the epiphyses), with the harder compact bone surrounding it
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the ends of long bones are composed of an open lattice of bone called spongy bone . the spaces within contain marrow , where most blood cells are formed . it carries no concentric organisation like the haversion system . it consists of a network of many fine irregular bony plates or trabaculae . each trabaculae consist of many irregularly arranged lamellae with lucanae between them . it has ref bone marrow . spongy bone is also called as cancellous bone and found in epiphysis i.e. the ends of long bones.