Scientists sometimes compare the periosteum of bones to the cambium layer of trees. Just as trees repair themselves and grow in harsh environments, so can your bones. The periosteum helps bone growth.

Periostitis is a condition that results in inflammation of the band of tissue that surrounds your bones known as the periosteum ... it can also affect the long bones in your arms and the spine.

A network of very fine blood vessels that connects bone marrow directly with the blood supply of the periosteum that was ... of this closed bloodstream in long bones was not clear up to now ...

This image was taken after six months, showing a healed bone. The new technique makes use of a thin tissue called the periosteum, which lines the outer surface of all bones and contains stem cells ...

Researchers at Case Western University found a device that mimics the periosteum, a sock-like sheath that surrounds the bone and delivers stem cells and growth factors to grow bone and heal bone ...

We chose to seed our coral scaffold with periosteal cells because osteoblastic cells shed from the periosteum form bone in animals. 32–35 Alternative sources of cells, such as mesenchymal stem ...

The periosteum is a membranous tissue that covers the surfaces of your bones. The only areas it doesn’t cover are those surrounded by cartilage and where tendons and ligaments attach to bone.