Periosteum

Periosteum
The periosteum covers the outside of bones.
Meninges of the CNS
Details
LocationOuter surface of all bones
Identifiers
Latinperiosteum
MeSHD010521
TA98A02.0.00.007
TA2384
THH2.00.03.7.00018
FMA24041
Anatomical terminology

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]

  1. ^ Netter, Frank H; Crelin, Edmund S; Kaplan, Frederick S; Woodburne, Russell T; Regina, V.; Mankin, Henry J. (1987). Musculoskeletal System: A Compilation of Paintings of Anatomy, Physiology, and Metabolic Disorders, Part 1. Summit, New Jersey (NJ): CIBA-GEIGY Corporation. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-914168-14-0. OCLC 16943074.
  2. ^ "Definition of PERIOSTEUM". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-02-03.