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Webster 1913 Edition
Endosteum
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En-dos′te-um
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] + [GREEK] a bone.]
(Anat.)
The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.
Definition 2024
endosteum
endosteum
English
A diagram showing, among other things, the location of the endosteum of a human bone
Noun
endosteum (plural endostea)
- (biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone; an internal periosteum.