1. periosteum-a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone.cambium-the inner layer of the periosteum.erâ¢iâ¢osâ¢teâ¢um. the dense, fibrous connective layer of tissue covering all bones except where ligaments attach and on the surfaces of joints. periosteon, n. use of neuter of Greek periosteos periÃ³steos around the. Bones see -, peri -]. osteo`perâ¢iâ²osâ¢te, al`perâ¢iâ²osâ¢te, ous. adj`perâ¢iâ²osâ¢teâ¢al, ly. adv
Last official estimated population of Washington was 7,170,351 (year 2015)[1]. This was 2.2% of total US population. Area of Washington is 71,298.0 miÂ² (=184661 kmÂ²), in this year population density was 100.57 p/miÂ². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2015 (+1.29%/yr), Washington population in 2017 would be 7,356,844*.
As of 2012 about 43.6 percent of Washington's foreign-born population had arrived in the state since 2000. This compares with the national average 40.9 percent. In 2000, 46.6 percent of the state's foreign-born population that had arrived since the previous Census.