interosseus membrane

noun

anatomy

: either of two thin, strong sheets of fibrous tissue:

a

: one extending between and connecting the shafts of the radius and ulna

b

: one extending between and connecting the shafts of the tibia and fibula

Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

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