Compact bone tissue

System Musculoskeletal
SNOMED CT 361728003

Compact bone tissue

Definition

The outer layers of solid, hard bone that covers spongy bone; consists of parallel osteons containing mineral deposits and interstitial lamellae.

Also known as bony cortex, compact bone, compact bone tissue, cortical bone, cortical bone tissue, cortical region of bone, substantia compacta, substantia compacta (pars ossea), substantia corticalis — per UBERON

The Compact bone tissue is a part of the Musculoskeletal.

Also identified as