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Trabecular bone consists primarily of lamellar bone, arranged in packets that make up an interconnected irregular array of plates and rods, called trabeculae. These trabeculae, on average, have thicknesses in the range of 100–200 microns, dependent upon both anatomic site and donor age
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Keaveny, T.M. (1998). Cancellous bone. In: Black, J., Hastings, G. (eds) Handbook of Biomaterial Properties. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5801-9_2
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