periosteum
Sign in to saveThe periosteum is a membrane that covers the outer surface of all bones, 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.
Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Periosteum
- Anatomy.Latin
- periosteum
- Anatomy.Image
- 607 Periosteum and Endosteum.jpg
- Anatomy.Caption
- The periosteum covers the outside of bones.
- Anatomy.Image2
- Meninges-en.svg
- Anatomy.Caption2
- Meninges of the CNS
- Anatomy.Location
- Outer surface of all bones
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The periosteum is a membrane that covers the outer surface of all bones, 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.
==Structure==