compact bone /kom″pakt, kompakt″/ [L, compingere, to put together] , hard, dense bone that is usually found at the periphery of skeletal structures, as distinguished from spongy cancellous bone.
compact bone
compact bone /kom″pakt, kompakt″/ [L, compingere, to put together] , hard, dense bone that is usually found at the periphery of skeletal structures, as distinguished from spongy cancellous bone.