endostea
endostea is the plural of endosteum.
Meaning of endosteum
Noun
endosteum (plural endostea or endosteums)
- A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone; an internal periosteum.
- Hyaline cartilage is insensitive, and radiographic changes imputed to it can have no bearing on pain from it unless it is so worn away that the endosteums of the articulating bones are rubbing on each other.1992, John McM[illan] Mennell, “The Musculoskeletal System”, in The Musculoskeletal System: Differential Diagnosis from Symptoms and Physical Signs, Gaithersburg, Md.: Aspen Publishers, →ISBN, page 5
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- What is endostea the plural of?
- Endostea is the plural of endosteum.
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