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Periosteum   Listen
noun
Periosteum  n.  (Anat.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... nourished in two ways: First, from the outside through their covering, called the periosteum—the thin, strong membrane that covers every part of the bone except the articular surface of the joints; and, second, from within through the minute branches of blood vessels which pass into the ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture



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