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periosteum
The thick fibrous membrane covering the entire surface of a bone except its articular cartilage.
Structure:
Consists of 2 layers:
1) inner layer
a) osteogenic: forms new bone tissue
b) active in young growing bone; reduced in adults
2) outer fibrous connective tissue layer
- conveys blood vessels & nerves supplying bone
Radiology:
- nuclear bone scan showing uptake of radionuclide in the periosteum of long bones suggests periosteal thickening of the long bones associated with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
Specific
mucoperiosteum
pericranium
General
musculoskeletal system structure
tissue
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- NEJM Knowledge+
Component-of
bone