Endosteum

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Endosteum \En*dos"te*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? a bone.]
     (Anat.)
     The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary
     cavities of bone.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  endosteum
       n : vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones
       [also: {endostea} (pl)]