Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In histology, combining the characters of fibrous connective tissue and bone, or representing a transition between these two kinds of tissue.
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The supraspinatous fascia completes the osseofibrous case in which the Supraspinatus muscle is contained; it affords attachment, by its deep surface, to some of the fibers of the muscle.
IV. Myology. 7c. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Shoulder 1918
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