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Vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones
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endosteum
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n. vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones [also: endostea (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Endosteum \En*dos"te*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? a bone.] (Anat.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
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n. (context biology English) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone
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In anatomy the endosteum (plural endostea) is a thin vascular membrane of connective tissue that lines the surface of the bony tissue that forms the medullary cavity of long bones . This endosteal surface is usually resorbed during long periods of malnutrition, ...