membrane bone

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membrane bone

A bone that forms directly in membranous connective tissue, as some cranial bones, instead of developing from cartilage.

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membrane bone

(Anatomy) any bone that develops within membranous tissue, such as the clavicle and bones of the skull, without cartilage formation. Compare cartilage bone

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mem′brane bone`

a bone that develops from or within a connective tissue membrane rather than from cartilage.

[1875–80]

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membrane bone - any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull

bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

frontal bone, os frontale, forehead - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits

parietal bone - either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium

occipital bone - a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull

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(7) It is suggested that there is no absolute histological distinction between bone and cementum and so the cementum-like globules of calcification that are seen in fibro-osseous lesions, are also seen in all membrane bones. The ossifying and cementifying lesions should not be differentiated as it is speculated that the fibro-osseous lesions might represent stages in the evolution of a single disease process, passing through the stages of fibrous dysplasia to ossifying fibroma to cementoid lesions.