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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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Example Sentences
The perichondrium thus becomes the periosteum, and the bone produced by it, is periosteal or membrane bone.
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The branchiostegal rays of the two sides are united in front by an unpaired membrane bone, the basi-branchiostegal (fig. 11, 36).
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In Dipnoi the skull is mainly cartilaginous, but both cartilage- and membrane-bone occur also.
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In Bony Ganoids both cartilage bone and membrane bone is well developed.
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The nasal capsules are large and quite unossified though they are overlain by membrane bone.
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