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periosteum

Noun

per=i=os=te=um

WORDNET DICTIONARY

periosteum(n = noun.body) Array - a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone; Array

is a kind of membrane, tissue layer

periosteum, n. [NL., fr. Gr. round the bones; around + a bone: cf. L. periosteon.].

The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces. [1913 Webster]

periosteum, n. (pl. periostea) a membrane enveloping the bones where no cartilage is present.

Derivative

periosteal adj. periostitis n.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk periosteon (as PERI-, osteon bone)

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