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Periosteum

noun
(pl. periostea)
1.
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.





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... to warrant a hope that it could heal in that condition. We could not, in any case, hope for the formation of a new bone. 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 ...
— Half a Century • Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm


Words linked to "Periosteum" :   cambium, tissue layer, membrane


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