Sharpey's fibres

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Etymology[edit]

Scottish anatomist William Sharpey described them in 1846.

Noun[edit]

Sharpey's fibres pl (plural only)

  1. A matrix of connective tissue consisting of bundles of strong collagenous fibres connecting periosteum to bone.