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| 07:58 Aug 14, 2006 |
| Dutch to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical (general) / bone | |||||||
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| 4 | bony bars / bars of bone / trabeculae |
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bony bars / bars of bone / trabeculae Explanation: E.g. "Cancellous (also known as "spongy") tissue is located beneath the compact bone and consists of a meshwork of bony bars (trabeculae) with many interconnecting spaces containing bone marrow." ref. http://www.ivy-rose.co.uk/Topics/Skeletal_System.htm#3 "Spongy bone tissue consists of a network of bony bars called trabeculae. " ref. http://www.visions-of-science.co.uk/winners2002/close-hc2.ht... OR "interconnected bars": "A hierarchy of scales is often seen. In the spongy (cancellous or trabecular) variety of mature adult lamellar bone, the interconnected bars (trabeculae)" ref. http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v2/n2/full/nmat804.html See also, old.protagoras.tue.nl/scripts/protatypecounter.asp?url=j3n2.pdf |
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