SPONGY BONE is the deep, more porous region of bone tissue. Spongy bone is also known as trabecular bone (trabeculae = little beams) due to the tiny beams of bone tissue that make up the “spongy” architecture. . . Spongy bone is always covered with a layer of compact bone for added protection. The little beams, trabeculae, of spongy bone may appear unorganized, but make no mistake the trabeculae are organized in the lines of stress, which helps bone resist the forces placed upon it. . . Housed b