SHARPEY'S FIBERS
\ʃˈɑːpɪz fˈa͡ɪbəz], \ʃˈɑːpɪz fˈaɪbəz], \ʃ_ˈɑː_p_ɪ_z f_ˈaɪ_b_ə_z]\
Definitions of SHARPEY'S FIBERS
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: perforating f's. Bundles of connective tissue f's in bone, either branched or simple, agreeing in character with bundles of white fibrous tissue, and serving to bind the various lamellae together. They were described by Sharpey in 1856, and, according to Heitzmann, by Troja in 1814.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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