Definition of Endosteum. Meaning of Endosteum. Synonyms of Endosteum

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Definition of Endosteum

Endosteum
Endosteum En*dos"te*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? a bone.] (Anat.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

Meaning of Endosteum from wikipedia

- The endosteum (pl.: endostea) is a thin vascular membrane of connective tissue that lines the inner surface of the bony tissue that forms the medullary...
- surface is lined with "articular cartilage", a type of hyaline cartilage.) Endosteum lines the inner surface of the medullary cavity of all long bones. The...
- spongy bone (cancellous bone) and is lined with a thin, vascular membrane (endosteum). This area is involved in the formation of red blood cells and white...
- covered by a periosteum on its outer surface, and an endosteum on its inner surface. The endosteum is the boundary between the cortical bone and the cancellous...
- branches upward and downward to the bone marrow, which ramify in the endosteum–the vascular membrane lining the medullary cavity–and give twigs to the...
- Other sources of precursor cells are the bone marrow (when present), endosteum, small blood vessels, and fibroblasts. Primary healing (also known as...
- thin connective tissue layer on the outside surface of bones, and in the endosteum. Normally, almost all of the bone matrix, in the air breathing vertebrates...
- cellular level. Other types of tissue found in bones include bone marrow, endosteum and periosteum, nerves, blood vessels and cartilage. During embryonic...
- healthy humans, precursors are rare and are found localized near the endosteum, and consist of 1–2 cells. In some cases of myelodysplastic syndromes...
- capsules, and septa. The deep fasciae envelop all bone (periosteum and endosteum); cartilage (perichondrium), and blood vessels (tunica externa) and become...