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A dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles
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periosteum
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Modern Latin periosteum , Late Latin periosteon , from Greek periosteon , neuter of periosteos "round the bones," from peri- (see peri- ) + osteon (see osseous ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 [also: periostea (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A membrane surrounding a bone.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Periosteum (from Greek περί ( peri 'around') and ὀστοῦν( ostoun 'bone')) is a membrane that covers the outer surface of all bones , except at the joints of long bones . Endosteum lines the inner surface of all bones.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Periosteum \Per`i*os"te*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? round the bones; ? around + ? a bone: cf. L. periosteon.] (Anat.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.
Usage examples of periosteum.
The outer portion is surrounded by a membrane which serves as periosteum to the bone and, at the same time, holds the liquid belonging to this part, called the perilymph.
The dependence of the outer layers of bone cells upon the periosteum for nourishment causes a destruction of this membrane to affect seriously the bone beneath, producing in many instances a decay of the bone substance.
It is supposed that conditions in which the periosteum is exposed are favorable to the progress of the disease, and, according to Hirt, workmen with diseased teeth are affected three times as readily as those with healthy teeth, and are therefore carefully excluded from some of the factories in America.
Where the periosteum had sloughed the bone was granulating, and at the time of the report skin-grafting was shortly to be tried.
Poncet hastened a cure in a case of necrosis with partial destruction of the periosteum by inserting grafts taken from the bones of a dead infant and from a kid.
Enchondroma may be composed of osteoid tissue, such as is found in the ossifying callous between the bone and the periosteum, and, according to Virchow, then takes the name of osteochondroma.
There are re-sections of two inches, but this is the longest new formation of which we know anything, and in this case there can be no hope, because the periosteum is destroyed.
You make a small, inverted T-shaped cut through the periosteum, right above the growth plate.
You lift the edges of the periosteum, and in most young foals the leg will grow straight after four to six weeks.