SPONGY BONE:
- In contrast to compact bone tissue, spongy (cancellous) bone consists of an irregular
latticework of thin blades of bone called trabeculae.
- The space between the trabeculae are filled with red marrow which produces blood cells.
- Spongy bone makes up most of the bone tissue of short, flat and irregularly shaped bones and
most of the heads (epiphyses) of long bones.