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lumbar vertebra cross-sectional area +   
vertebra cortical cross-sectional area +   
vertebra trabecular cross-sectional area +   
The portion of the cross-sectional area of a vertebra that corresponds to the area occupied by cancellous or spongy bone, the inner, less dense, more metabolically active type of osseous tissue made up of a network of tiny lattice-shaped spicules often containing marrow. The cross-sectional area of a vertebra is a measurement of the extent of a plane through, i.e. perpendicular to the axis of, a vertebra, any of the individual bones forming the spinal column, the protective bony corridor through which the spinal cord passes.

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Exact Synonyms: vertebral trabecular cross-sectional area
Related Synonyms: vertebra cancellous bone cross-sectional area ;   vertebra spongy bone cross-sectional area ;   vertebra substantia spongiosa cross-sectional area ;   vertebra trabeculae cross-sectional area
Definition Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabecular_bone "Wikipedia" "Wikipedia", http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ "Multiple_Dictionaries" "Multiple_Dictionaries"

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