Definition of Perichondrium. Meaning of Perichondrium. Synonyms of Perichondrium

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Definition of Perichondrium

Perichondrium
Perichondrium Per`i*chon"dri*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? around + ? cartilage.] (Anat.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces.

Meaning of Perichondrium from wikipedia

- The perichondrium (from Gr**** περί, peri, 'around' and χόνδρος, chondros, 'cartilage') is a layer of dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds...
- other collection of fluid under the perichondrium. This separates the cartilage from the overlying perichondrium that supplies its nutrients, causing...
- and the extracellular matrix are contained in an outerlayer named the perichondrium (which is a layer of dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds...
- tissue. It is usually covered by a tough and fibrous membrane called perichondrium. In tetrapods, it covers and protects the ends of long bones at the...
- disaccharide units. Fibrocartilage does not have a surrounding perichondrium. Perichondrium surrounds the cartilage of developing bone; it has a layer of...
- The perichondrium surrounding the cartilage model transforms into the periosteum. During this transformation, special cells within the perichondrium switch...
- Perichondritis is inflammation of the perichondrium, a layer of connective tissue which surrounds cartilage. A common form, auricular perichondritis (perichondritis...
- collects in the space between the septal cartilage and the overlying perichondrium (a cross section of the cartilaginous portion of the nasal septum)....
- nodes, and some types of fascia. Other examples include periosteum and perichondrium of bones, and the tunica albuginea of testis. In the submucosa layer...
- for the surgery is temporalis fascia. The tragal cartilage and tragal perichondrium are also used as the graft by some surgeons. Myringoplasty restores...