# Sharpey's fibres

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
Scottish anatomist William Sharpey described them in 1846.

## Source
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