FIBER OF SHARPEY


Meaning of FIBER OF SHARPEY in English

-ˈshärpē

Usage: usually capitalized S

Etymology: after William Sharpey died 1880 Scottish anatomist

: any of the thready processes of the periosteum that penetrate the tissue of the superficial lamellae of bones

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