
Mucoperiosteum is a compound structure consisting of mucous membrane and of periosteum. It includes epithelium and lamina propria, but attaches directly to the periosteum of underlying bone without the usual submucosa. It consists of loose fatty or glandular tissues ; with blood vessels & nerve fibres that supply the mucosa. It can be found in the...
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a type of oral mucosa which has a fibrous lamina propria , no submucosa, and is attached to the underlying periosteum of bone. The attached gingiva is a mucoperiosteum.
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Mucous membrane and periosteum so intimately united as to form practically a single membrane, as that covering the hard palate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(mu″ko-per″e-os´te-әm) periosteum having a mucous surface, as in parts of the auditory apparatus. adj., mucoperios´teal., adj.
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A layer, or connective tissue, that covers bone.Periosteum in the oral cavity that is significant to
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Type: Term Pronunciation: myū′kō-per′ē-os′tē-ŭm Definitions: 1. Mucous membrane and periosteum so intimately united as to form practically a single membrane, as that covering the hard palate.
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mucoperiosteum 1. Periosteum (a dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all of the bones) having a mucous surface, as in parts of the auditory apparatus. 2. Periosteum that has a mucous surface; or mucous and periosteal surfaces combined to form a membrane. ...
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