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What is the external sheath or covering on a bone called?
The external sheath or covering on a bone is called the periosteum. It is a fibrous membrane that contains blood vessels and nerves and helps in bone growth and repair.
What is the name of the tough fibrous sheath around the bone?
The tough fibrous sheath around the bone is called the periosteum. It is essential for bone growth, repair, and nutrition.
Flat sheath-like tendon which connects muscle to bone?
It's called an aponeurosis. :)
A bone is covered withe a thin tough membrane called?
A living bone's surface is covered with a though, tight-fitting membrane called periosteum.-AccountErrorBot-
A smooth rounded end of a bone is called?
A smooth rounded end of the bone is called a condyle.
Long bones are covered by a protective layer of connective tissue called?
Cortical bone.
Are horns and antlers bones?
Antlers are bone horns are not bone they are carotine like finger-nails
What bone lines the superficial regions of all bone spongy or compact?
The make-up of a bone is essentially a joint surface which is covered in a cartilage layer with a spongy tissue underneath the cartilage called the cancellous bone. The compact bone is then the superficial layer with a connective tissue lining the superficial regions called the periosteum.
What is the rounded end of the bone called?
Epiphyses is the word used for the distal and proximal ends of long bones. The epiphysis contains red bone marrow.
Bones are covered with a special tissue called?
Bones are covered with a special tissue called periosteum. Periosteum helps protect bones and provides a surface for muscle attachment. It also contains blood vessels that supply nutrients to the bone.
Is it true that pain that is felt when a bone is fractured comes from nerve or tendon damage and not from the actual bone that bones themselves actually have no feeling?
The pain is not from the nerve or tendon but from the periosteum sheath over the bone that is damaged in a broken/fractured bone.
What is the fibrous outer connective tissue covering of a long bone?
The outer sheath of connective tissue of the long bone is known as periosteum. It surrounds the bone in all areas except those in which articulate cartilage is located.
