Diploë (i) is the spongy bone structure (or tissue) of the internal part of short, irregular, and flat bones. In the cranial bones, the layers of compact tissue are familiarly known as the tables of the skull; the outer one is thick and tough; the inner is thin, dense, and brittle, and hence is termed the vitreous table. The intervening cancellou...
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• (n.) The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.
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(dip´lo-e) the spongy layer between the inner and outer compact layers of the flat bones of the skull. adj., diploet´ic, diplo´ic., adj.
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Dip'lo·ë noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... fold, from ... twofold, double.]
(Anat.) The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.
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Diploe: The soft spongy material between the inside table and outside table (the interior and exterior bony plates) of the skull. The diploe contains bone marrow.
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(dip;lo-e) The spongy layer of bone positioned between the inner and outer layers of compact bone.
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Diploe is the anatomical term for the spongy substance between flat bones.
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the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.
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