10. Bone Histology Flashcards
What is another name for Mature or Secondary bone?
Lamellar Bone
What exists between the inner and outer circumferential lamellae, outside of the individual osteons?
Interstitial lamellae
What can be found in the inner layer of the periosteum?
What is this layer called?
Osteoprogenitor cells
Osteogenic layer
Where do osteoprogenitor cells come from?
Mesenchyme
What can be found in the endosteum?
Osteoprogenitor cells
What are the four steps of intramembranous ossification?
1: Mesenchyme condenses due to signaling molecules
2: Osteoblasts differentiate and begin forming osteoid around the blood vessels inside the condensed mesenchyme
3: Osteoblasts begin calcifying that osteoid forming a honeycomb around the blood vessels
4: Bone develops outward until the spongy bone is covered
What can be found in the outer layer of periosteum?
What is this layer called?
Blood Vessels and Nerves
Fibroblasts and Collagen
Sharpey’s Fibers
Fibrous layer
What cells activity is associated with high Alkaline Phosphatase activity?
Osteoblast activity
(specifically as they are becoming osteocytes, they give off “AlkPhos”)
Where is red bone marrow primarily found in adults and children?
In the flat bones in adults, and in all bones in young children
What do osteoprogenitor cells differentiate into?
Osteoblasts
What lamellae are adjacent to the endosteum?
The Inner Circumferential Lamellae
Actions of which zone of endochondral ossification cause lengthining of the bone?
Zone of hypertrophy
What are the four steps of bone fracture repair?
1: Hematoma Formation
2: Soft (Fibrocartillagenous) callus formation
3: Hard (bony) callus formation
4: Bone remodeling
Where are osteoprogenitor cells found?
Inner layer of the periostium
Endosteum
What is the normal function of FGFR3?
What changes to cause Achondroplasia?
FGFR3 stops growth during adulthood
It activates prematurely
What is the heredity of Achondroplasia?
Autosomal Dominant
What are Sharpey’s fibers, and what is their function?
They are collagen fibers that penatrate the outer circumferential lamellae.
They anchor they periosteum to the bone itself
Where would you find the endosteum?
Covering the spongey walls.
(Said another way, on the walls of the medullary cavity)