periosteum

Dense membrane over bones. The outer layer contains nerve fibres and many blood vessels, which supply cells in the bone. The bone-producing cells of the inner layer are most prominent in fetal life and early childhood, when bone formation is at its peak. In adulthood they are less active but vital to continuous bone remodeling. When bone is injured, they multiply profusely to produce new bone.

periosteum [‚per·ē′äs·tē·əm]

(anatomy)

The fibrous membrane enveloping bones, except at joints and the points of tendonous and ligamentous attachment.

Periosteum

connective tissue in vertebrate animals and man that invests bone (excluding the articular facets, linea aspera, and tuberosities); it joins the bone by means of bundles of collagen fibers and blood vessels.

Three layers are distinguished within the periosteum: the external layer (adventitia), which consists of fibrous connective tissue rich in blood vessels; the middle fibroelastic layer, which consists of collagen fibers; and the internal osteoblastic layer, which contains osteoblasts and is usually absent in adult organisms. The periosteum joins bone with surrounding tissues, assures growth of bone tissue (mainly in thickness), and in adult organisms assures regeneration of bone tissue.

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No references found	4a), to fulfil two major functionalities, the implant's capacity to adapt to the bone surface and keeping the periosteum vascular circulation in the contact region [2]. Some contributions to the design of osteosynthesis ... by Radu, Ciprian; Rosca, Ileana / Estonian Journal of Engineering The periosteum over the trephine and the Lynch incision was closed. Depressed anterior table fracture: a minimally invasive method of ... by Hewitt, Derek K.; Scheidt, Troy D.; Calhoun, Karen H. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal 8 Persistence of even a small gap between the distal end of the tubercle and the adjacent metaphisis may indicate an interposed flap of periosteum. Avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle by A Abalo and K G Akakpo-numado and A Dossim and A Walla and K Gnassingbe and A H Tekou / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery	Periodic Table of the Elements: Ununquadium Periodic Table of the Elements: Ununtrium Periodic Table of the Elements: Uranium Periodic Table of the Elements: Vanadium Periodic Table of the Elements: Xenon Periodic Table of the Elements: Ytterbium Periodic Table of the Elements: Yttrium Periodic Table of the Elements: Zinc Periodic Table of the Elements: Zirconium periodic wave periodical Periodicals periodicity periodogram periodontal periodontics Periodontitis Periodontitis, Compound periodontium periodontoclasia periodontosis Perioeci perionychium Periophthalmidae Periosteal Bone Periosteum Periostitis periostracum periotic peripatetic Peripatetic School Peripatetics peripediment peripheral peripheral bracing peripheral buffer peripheral bus peripheral component interconnect peripheral control unit peripheral depression peripheral device peripheral equipment peripheral faults peripheral hemodynamics peripheral initiation peripheral interconnect peripheral interface channel peripheral membrane protein peripheral milling peripheral nervous system peripheral operation	periosteal elevator periosteal elevator periosteal graft periosteal graft periosteal graft periosteal graft periosteal graft periosteal layer periosteal osteosarcoma periosteal osteosarcoma periosteal osteosarcoma periosteal proliferative polyarthritis periosteal proliferative polyarthritis Periosteal reaction Periosteal reaction periosteal stripping periosteal stripping periosteitis periosteitis periosteitis periosteo- periosteoma periosteomyelitis periosteophyte periosteoplastic amputation periosteosis periosteotomy periosteous periosteous periosteous Periosteum periostitic periostitic periostitic periostitis periostitis periostitis periostosis periostraca periostraca periostracum periostracum Periotest periotic periotic periotic periotome periovarian periovaritis periovular Periovulatory Periovulatory Periovulatory Perioxisomes Perioxisomes Perioxisomes peripachymeningitis peripancreatitis peripapillary Peripapillary Atrophy peripapillary conus

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4a), to fulfil two major functionalities, the implant's capacity to adapt to the bone surface and keeping the periosteum vascular circulation in the contact region [2].

Some contributions to the design of osteosynthesis ... by Radu, Ciprian; Rosca, Ileana / Estonian Journal of Engineering

The periosteum over the trephine and the Lynch incision was closed.

Depressed anterior table fracture: a minimally invasive method of ... by Hewitt, Derek K.; Scheidt, Troy D.; Calhoun, Karen H. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

8 Persistence of even a small gap between the distal end of the tubercle and the adjacent metaphisis may indicate an interposed flap of periosteum.

Avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle by A Abalo and K G Akakpo-numado and A Dossim and A Walla and K Gnassingbe and A H Tekou / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

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