resurrection plant. noun. 1. any of several unrelated desert plants that form a tight ball when dry and unfold and bloom when moistened. The best-known examples are the crucifer Anastatica hierochuntica (also called rose of Jericho), club mosses of the genus Selaginella, and the composite Asteriscus pygmoeus.
Periosteum is a membrane that lines the outer surface of all bones, except at the joints of long bones. Endosteum lines the inner surface of all bones. Periosteum connsists ofâ¦ dense irregular connective tissue. Periosteum is divided into an outer fibrous layer and inner cambium layer (or osteogenic layer). The fibrous layer contains fibroblasts, while the cambium layer contains progenitor cells that develop into osteoblasts. These osteoblasts are responsible for increasing the width of a long bone and the overall size of the other bone types.
Both bone and cartilage contain living cells embedded in an intercellular matrix. In bone, these cells are called osteocytes, which likewise occupy lacunae. However, the intercellular matrix of bone contains more collagen than found in cartilage and it is heavily mineralized with calcium salts.s a consequence, the cells of the inner layer of the perichondrium differentiate into osteoblasts and start producing bone matrix. Now the perichondrium is considered a periosteum. Soon there is a collar of bone, called subperiosteal bone, surrounding the midsection of the cartilage.