Periosteum
| Periosteum | |
|---|---|
| The periosteum covers the outside of bones. | |
| Details | |
| Location | Outer surface of all bones | 
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | periosteum | 
| MeSH | D010521 | 
| TA98 | A02.0.00.007 | 
| TA2 | 384 | 
| TH | H2.00.03.7.00018 | 
| FMA | 24041 | 
| Anatomical terminology | |
The periosteum is a membrane that covers the outer surface of all bones, except at the articular surfaces (i.e. the parts within a joint space) of long bones. (At the joints of long bones the bone's outer surface is lined with "articular cartilage", a type of hyaline cartilage.) Endosteum lines the inner surface of the medullary cavity of all long bones.