Trabecula
A partition which divides or partly divides a cavity.</P> > >One of the strands of connective tissue projecting into an organ that constitutes part of the framework of the organ as, for example, the trabeculae of the spleen.
>One of a number of small interconnecting rods of bone making up a mass of spongy bone as, for example, the trabeculae within the skull.</LI></UL> The word 'trabecula' is the diminutive of the Latin 'trabes', a beam or plank of wood, as might be used in a supporting structure.