(1) Thin strips of bony tissue occurring in cancellous BONE – sometimes called spongy bone.
(2) A band of CONNECTIVE TISSUE passing from the outer part of an organ to the interior, separating the organ into discrete chambers.
n. (pl. trabeculae) 1. any of the bands of tissue that pass from the outer part of an organ to its interior, dividing it into separate chambers. For example, trabeculae occur in the penis. 2. any of the thin bars of bony tissue in spongy *bone. 3. the hypertrophied bands of bladder-wall muscle that are found in bladder outlet obstruction.
—trabecular adj.
the tissue, located in the anterior chamber of the eye at the angle between the cornea and iris, that consists of a group of tiny canals through which aqueous fluid drains into *Schlemm’s canal and exits the anterior chamber.... trabecular meshwork
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