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Membrane vs Pericranium - What's the difference?

membrane | pericranium |

As nouns the difference between membrane and pericranium

is that membrane is membrane while pericranium is (anatomy) the membrane (or periosteum) which covers the outer surface of the skull.

membrane

English

(wikipedia membrane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
  • A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
  • A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

    • Derived terms

    * neomembrane

    pericranium

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The membrane (or periosteum) which covers the outer surface of the skull.
  • The head, skull; one's mind.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 411:
    • Now, Mrs Honour had unluckily poured so much of this liquid fire down her throat, that the smoke of it began to ascend into her pericranium , and blinded the eyes of Reason [...]