membrane bone

noun

1. a bone that develops from membranous tissue.

membrane bone

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of membrane bone¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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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