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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe periosteum is a fibrous membrane covering the bone. It can be an attachment point for muscles and bones through tendons. The inner layer can also build bones and break bones down.
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∙ 10y agoThis is a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone. It also has osteocytes in the tissue that help repair bone damage.
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The outer covering of a bone is called?
The skin of the bone is called the periosteum
What is the membrane that covers the bone?
Those "membranes" are called periosteum. The periosteum is how bone gets part of its blood supply.
Where does the bone get its strength from the periosteum or the spongy bone?
Periosteum.
The tough fibrous connective tissue covering of a bone is?
periosteum
A long bone grows in thickness as bone tissue is deposited beneath its what?
periosteum
What does periosteum do in the body?
The periosteum helps you to move and more without your Periosteum you wouldn't be able to bend your finger. The function of the periosteum is to provide nourishment and attachment sites on bone
The outer covering of a bone is called?
The skin of the bone is called the periosteum
What is the membrane that covers the bone?
Those "membranes" are called periosteum. The periosteum is how bone gets part of its blood supply.
What is the tough fribrous connective tissue covering of a bone?
The fibrous covering of a bone is called the periosteum.
Where does the bone get its strength from the periosteum or the spongy bone?
Periosteum.
Where can you find periosteum?
You can find Periosteum on the outermost portion of your bones.
What is the surface of a bone covered with a thick fibrous membrane?
the periosteum covers the bone everywhere there is not articular cartilage
What is the covering of a bone?
The fibrous covering of a bone is called the periosteum.
The tough fibrous connective tissue covering of a bone is?
periosteum
What memebrane covers the surface of a mature bone?
The Periosteum.
What is the function of of periosteum?
AnswerThe Periosteum serves as an attachment point for muscles and bones through tendons and ligaments. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Or, Inner layer can breakdown and build bone cells. Not necessarily its "function". It's a fibrous membrane covering (of bone), attached by fibers that happen to enter into bone, "Sharpey's fibers"; allowing nerves, and blood / lymphatic vessels to pass though it and then into bone through nutrient foramina. The periosteum covers bone and provides nourishment to the bone through the blood vessels and nerves contained within it.
What is the outer cover of a bone called?
Periosteum
