membrane bone

American  

noun

1. a bone that develops from membranous tissue.

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membrane bone British  

noun

1. any bone that develops within membranous tissue, such as the clavicle and bones of the skull, without cartilage formation Compare cartilage bone

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Etymology

Origin of membrane bone

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Dorsal view of a young Frog's cranium-- the membrane bones removed.

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The cartilaginous cranium in Kölliker's opinion was formed upon the vertebral type, and the membrane bones were accessory.

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Besides the teeth there perhaps remain relics of the placoid scales in the anatomy of the higher vertebrata, in the membrane bones.

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In the very young rabbit, the limb bones, vertebral column, and many of the skull bones are simply plates and bars of cartilage; the future membrane bones, however are planned out in connective tissue.

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In all cartilage is dotted, cartilage bone cross-barred, and membrane bone, white.

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