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Periosteum
Membrane covering outer surface of bones / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The periosteum is a membrane that covers the outer surface of all bones,[1] except at the articular surfaces (i.e. the parts within a joint space) of long bones. (At the joints of long bones the bone's outer surface is lined with "articular cartilage", a type of hyaline cartilage.) Endosteum lines the inner surface of the medullary cavity of all long bones.[2]
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Periosteum | |
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![]() The periosteum covers the outside of bones. | |
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Location | Outer surface of all bones |
Identifiers | |
Latin | periosteum |
MeSH | D010521 |
TA98 | A02.0.00.007 |
TA2 | 384 |
TH | H2.00.03.7.00018 |
FMA | 24041 |
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