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Meaning of trabecula

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

trabecula

Pronunciation:/trəˈbɛkjʊlə/

noun

Definitions

  1. A small supporting beam.

  2. A small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone.

  3. A fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place.

  4. Either of a pair of movable appendages on the head, in front of the antennae, of some mallophagous insects.