membrane bone

noun

a bone that develops from membranous tissue.

membrane bone

noun

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of membrane bone¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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Dorsal view of a young Frog's cranium-- the membrane bones removed.

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The cartilaginous cranium in Kölliker's opinion was formed upon the vertebral type, and the membrane bones were accessory.

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Besides the teeth there perhaps remain relics of the placoid scales in the anatomy of the higher vertebrata, in the membrane bones.

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In the very young rabbit, the limb bones, vertebral column, and many of the skull bones are simply plates and bars of cartilage; the future membrane bones, however are planned out in connective tissue.

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In all cartilage is dotted, cartilage bone cross-barred, and membrane bone, white.

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membrane membrane transport

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