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Periosteum vs Pericranium - What's the difference?

periosteum | pericranium |

As nouns the difference between periosteum and pericranium

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

periosteum

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A membrane surrounding a bone.

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    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 [...]