diploe

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diploë

[dip´lo-e]

the spongy layer between the inner and outer compact layers of the flat bones of the skull. adj., adj diploet´ic, diplo´ic.

dip·lo·ë

(dip'lō-ē), [TA]

The central layer of spongy bone between the two layers of compact bone, outer and inner plates, or tables, of the flat cranial bones.

[G. diploē, fem. of diplous, double]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

diploe

diploë

(dĭp′lō-ē′)

The spongy, porous, bony tissue between the hard outer and inner bone layers of the cranium.

dip′lo·ic (-lō-ĭk) adj.

dip·lo·ë

(diplŏ-wē) [TA]

The central layer of spongy bone between the two layers of compact bone, outer and inner plates, or tables, of the flat cranial bones.

[G. diploē, fem. of diplous, double]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

diploe

The spongy layer of bone between the hard outer and inner layers of the vault of the skull (cranium).

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

dip·lo·ë

(diplŏ-wē) [TA]

The central layer of spongy bone between the two layers of compact bone, outer and inner plates, or tables, of the flat cranial bones.

[G. diploē, fem. of diplous, double]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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Histologically flat bone is made up of the two cortical thin sheets, involving a small proportion of trabecular tissue (diploe: soft spongy material containing bone marrow).

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It is also interesting to note that when the bone sample for radiocarbon dating was taken, the diploe had been extensively recrystallised with a material similar in appearance to the blue-black material of the tooth (see Figure 3).

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The skull and mandible of proboscideans often lag behind other skeletal elements in a depositional environment, mainly because of flotation of the skull due to diploe (Voorhies, 1969; Agenbroad and Mead, 1994).