periosteum
[per-ee-os-tee-uh m]
- the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
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Origin of periosteum
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Bones are covered with a tough skin, or membrane (periosteum).
A Handbook of HealthWoods Hutchinson
Osseous tumors may arise from the periosteum or from the marrow.
Surgery, with Special Reference to PodiatryMaximilian Stern
As a counter-irritant in pains of the joints, periosteum, old sprains, &c.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
The fracture does not injure the periosteum, and is always transverse.
The periosteum is often of great practical importance to the surgeon.
A Practical PhysiologyAlbert F. Blaisdell
periosteum
- a thick fibrous two-layered membrane covering the surface of bones
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Word Origin
C16: New Latin, from Greek periosteon, from peri- + osteon bone
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periosteum
(pĕr′ē-ŏs′tē-əm)- The thick fibrous membrane covering the entire surface of a bone except its articular cartilage and serving as an attachment for muscles and tendons.
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