The Greek term phusis means middle through growth beyondAnother term for cancellous is cortical. True False Feedback Another term for cancellous is "spongy." Cancellous bone has canals and an opening in which contains bone marrow. Anothert. cortical is "compact." Question 3 The term "haversian" comes from an eponym means "canal" pertains to bone marrowAn epiphyseal plate can be described as all but one of the following allows growth of the long bone stops functioning after childhood contains yellow marrow is made of cartilage tissue Question 5 Hematopoiesis is a process of the medullary cavity the metaphysis periosteum red bone marrow.