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9. Cartilage and bone Flashcards

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Where is cartilage found?

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Between joints

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Which cell gives rise to all the specialised connective tissues?

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Mesenchymal stem cell

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What are the 3 types of cartilage

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Hyaline cartilage
Elastic cartilage
Fibrocartilage

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What do all the cartilage types have?

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All have matrix containing proteoglycan and hyaluronic acid
All have chondrocytes
All the cartilages contain a lot of fluid

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In hyaline cartilage, what does the matrix contain?

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Matrix contains type II collagen. The hyaluronate proteoglycan aggregates are bound to the fine collagen matrix fibres – dense tissue often containing fluid.

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Which cells are present on hyaline cartilage?

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Only chrondocytes

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How are chrondocytes formed?

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Grows from perichondrial cells - cells on the edge- fibroblast like precursors. As they develop, they develop into chrondoblasts. They divide and produce chrondocytes which makes up the matrix.

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Which are the only cells that can divide in cartilage tissue?

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Chrondoblasts

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How are chrondocytes present?

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Chondrocytes are present singly or, if recently divided in small clusters called isogenous groups

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What happens to the chrondocytes in isogenous groups as they lay down extracellular matrix?

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The chondrocytes within the isogenous groups separate as they lay down extracellular matrix

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Why is hyaline cartilage needed for bones?

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  • In early fetal development hyaline cartilage is the precursor model of those bones that develop by endochondral ossification
  • As long bones develop, some hyaline cartilage remains at the articulating surface, (and also at the epiphyseal plate until bone growth ceases) - parts of the rib cage, nose, and in the trachea, bronchi and larynx
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What is the function of chrondocytes?

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They produce and maintain the extracellular matrix

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What does each chrondocytes lie in?

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A lacuna

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How do the chrondocytes produce the extracellular matrix?

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Chrondocytes grow until they burst and release their content containing fibres and GAGs/hyaluronic acid into the extracellular matrix

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What is the function of hyaluronic acid?

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Hyaluronic acid assists resilience to the repeated application of pressure

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What are not present in cartilage?

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Blood vessels - matrix allows diffusion of material from other tissue

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What is the Proteoglycan structure in cartilage ground substance?

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  • Have lots of collagen
  • Have About 100 hyaluronate proteoglycan aggregates per collagen fibril
  • Makes a very stiff gel-like substance
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Where in the body is hyaline cartilage found?

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  • Cartilages in nose
  • Articulate cartilage of a joint
  • Costal cartilage
  • Larynx
  • Trachea
  • Lung
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What is appositional growth?

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Growth of hyaline cartilage from the periphery

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What is interstitial growth?

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Growth of the hyaline cartilage from the centre

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What is perichondrium?

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the dense connective tissue that envelops cartilage where it is not at a joint.

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What does the perichondrium contain?

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Contains elongate, fibroblast-like cells that can develop into chondroblasts and then into chondrocytes

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The hyaline cartilage extracellular matrix is highly hydrated, what is the advantage of this?

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Water is non-compressible and so permits resilience to increased loads

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Describe the structure of the tracheal wall which contains hyaline cartilage

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  • Tube formed by C-shaped tracheal cartilages (HYALINE CARTILAGE)
  • Cartilage in tube reinforces trachea and helps to protect and maintain the airway
  • Lined with pseudostratified ciliated epithelium
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What does the matrix of elastic cartilage contain?

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Matrix contains many elastic fibres and elastic lamellae (layers) – tough but flexible tissue.

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What cells do elastic cartilage contain?

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Only chrondocytes

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Where is elastic cartilage found?

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Only found in 3 places in the body:
• The pinna of the ear (and the external part of the acoustic meatus)
• the Eustachian tube
• the epiglottis

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Describe the layers found in the pinna of the ear from the muscle to the epidermis

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Muscle
Adipose tissue - white coloured 
Elastic cartilage
Fibrocollagenous tissue
Dermis
Epidermis
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What does the matrix of fibrocartilage contain?

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Matrix contains lots of type I collagen fibres

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What cells are present in fibrocartilage?

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Chondrocytes and fibroblasts

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What is fibrocartilage a combination of?

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Fibrocartilage is a combination of dense regular connective tissue and hyaline cartilage

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How are the cells in fibrocartilage often distributed?

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The cells are often seen to be distributed in rows

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Does fibrocartilage contain perichondrium?

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There is no surrounding perichondrium

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Where is fibrocartilage present?

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Present in intervertebral discs, articular discs of the sternoclavicular and temporomandibular joints, the
menisci of the knee joint and in the pubic symphysis

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What is the function of fibrocartilage?

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The fibrocartilage has the resilience to act as a shock absorber and to resist shearing forces

36
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What does hyaline cartilage act as a template for?

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Bone formation of long bones by endochondral ossification

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What is the middle section of long bone called?

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Diaphysis

38
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What is the end bit of long bone called?

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Epiphysis

39
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What is the small section between diaphysis and epiphysis called?

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Metaphysis

40
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What are the growth plates in long bone called?

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Epiphyseal growth plates

41
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What are the 5 classification of long bones?

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  1. Long
  2. Short
  3. Flat
  4. Irregular
  5. Sesamoid (sesame seed-like)
42
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What are the two bones that bones are made of?

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Cancellous/ spongy bone

Compact/cortical bone

43
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Describe cancellous/spongy bone

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Cancellous/spongy bone forms a network of fine bony columns called trabeculae or plates to combine strength with lightness. The spaces are filled by bone marrow.found in the centre of bone

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Describe compact/cortical bone

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Compact/cortical bone forms the external surfaces of bones and comprises ~80% of the body’s skeletal mass. Compact bone consists of closely packed osteons or haversian systems. The osteon consists of a central canal called the haversian canal, which is surrounded by concentric rings (lamellae) of matrix. Between the rings of matrix, the bone cells (osteocytes) are located in spaces called lacunae. Small channels (canaliculi) radiate from the lacunae to the haversian canal to provide passageways through the hard matrix. In compact bone, the haversian systems are packed tightly together to form what appears to be a solid mass. The haversian canals contain blood vessels that are parallel to the long axis of the bone. These blood vessels interconnect, by way of perforating (Volkmann’s )canals, with vessels on the surface of the bone.

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What are the two types of bone marrow?

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Red marrow

Yellow marrow

46
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Where is red marrow found?

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Only found in spongy bone.

47
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What do red marrow contain?

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Full of developing blood cells

48
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What is the function of red marrow?

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To replenish cells in the blood (haemopoiesis)

49
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How is the blood supply in red marrow?

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Rich blood supply

50
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What do yellow marrow contain?

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Full of adipocytes

51
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How is the blood supply in yellow marrow?

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Poor blood supply

52
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What is the function of yellow marrow?

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Shock absorber and energy source. Can convert to red marrow

53
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What does each trabeculum in cancellous bone consist of?

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Each trabeculum consists of numerous osteocytes embedded within irregular lamellae of bone
Osteoblast and osteoclasts on their surfaces act to remodel them.

54
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What are osteoprogenitor cells

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Mesenchymal stem cells that have the capability to become many different cell types. Undifferentiated cells - stem cell
Found in Inner layer of endosteum and periosteum

55
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What are osteoblasts?

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Intermediate cells that cannot divided.
Found in Inner layer of endosteum and spicules.
Lay down new bone called “osteoid” which is made of bone collagen and other protein. - secretes organic components of matrix
Deposit new Osteoid in response to demand, thickening bone.

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What are the identifying features of osteoblasts?

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Single nucleus, sits on edge of bone surface

57
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What are osteocytes?

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Terminally differentiated bone cell.
Trapped within osteon
No longer lay down matrix – tissue maintenance
Regulates existing bone.
As osteoblasts deposit new bone, some become trapped, becoming osteocytes and supply nutrition to bone

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What are the identifying features of osteocytes?

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Cytoplasmic projection, single mucleus

59
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What are osteoclasts?

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Huge cells (as many as 50 nuclei).
Fused monocytes (WBCs). - Macrophage/monocytes cell line.
On the surface of cortical bone (endosteum).
Resorption of existing bone - Erode and recycle bone matrix.
Phagocytic cells.
Work with osteoblasts to maintain calcium homeostasis, also responds to mechanical stress

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What are the identifying features of osteoclasts?

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Large, multinucleate

61
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Describe long bone development by endochondral ossification

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  1. Initial hyaline cartilage model
  2. Collar of periosteal bone appears in the shaft
  3. Central cartilage calcifies. Nutrient artery penetrates supplying bone-depositing osteogenic cells. Primary ossification centre formed.
  4. Medulla becomes cancellous bone. Cartilage forms epiphyseal growth plates. Epiphyses develop secondary centres of ossification.
  5. Epiphyses ossify and growth plates continue to move apart, lengthening bone
  6. Epiphyseal plates replaced by bone (when adult)hyaline articulations cartilage persists.
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Describe how osteoblasts make bone

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  • Osteoblasts are the cells that are proliferating and making matrix. The ones that are laying down collagen 1. Osteoblasts are on the edge of the developing bone.
  • As they lay down the collagen and it becomes ossified - becomes mixed with minerals to become bone, the osteoblast becomes trapped and is then called osteocytes.
  • The osteocytes is the fully differentiated cell in this lineage.
  • The osteocytes have filopodia which helps to find other osteocytes and the edge of the bone. This is needed because there are not enough blood vessels in this part of the bone to give the cells the nutrients they need. Therefore the osteocytes receives its nutrients and loses its waste through other osteocytes.
63
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What is the composition of bond divided into?

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Divided into matrix and cells.

64
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What is the matrix of bone divided into?

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Organic and inorganic

65
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What does the inorganic matrix of bone contain?

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Calcium Hydoxyapatite (calcium and phosphate, carbonate, chloride) and magnesium salts/aluminium salts

66
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What makes up the organic part of matrix of bone?

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  1. Collagen 1
  2. GAGs (mucopolysaccharides) and proteoglycans
  3. Non-collagenous proteins
67
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What does the inorganic component of bone matrix resist?

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bending and compression forces

68
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What does the organic component of bone matrix resist?

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pulling and tension forces

69
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What are the cells present in bone?

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Osteoprogenitor

Osteoblast

Osteocyte

Osteoclast

70
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What is osteon?

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Layers (lamellae) of compact mineralised collagen.
They Trap osteoblasts that produced the bone –
osteocytes are terminally differentiated

Osteons are cylindrical structures that contain a mineral matrix and living osteocytes connected by canaliculi, which transport blood. They are aligned parallel to the long axis of the bone. Each osteon consists of lamellae, which are layers of compact matrix that surround a central canal called the Haversian canal

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What is the middle of the osteon called?

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Haversian canal

72
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What does the haversian Canal have?

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Blood vessels and nerves

73
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What is osteoid?

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the unmineralized organic component of bone. (90% collagen, 10% ground substance)Becomes bones when mineralised

74
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What is the functional unit of compact bone?

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Osteon

75
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What does the osteon sit in?

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They sit in small depressions (lacunae)

76
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How do osteocytes communicate with the osteocytes?

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Send out long filipodia to ‘communicate’ with

other osteocytes

77
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What channel connects Haversian canals together?

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Perforating/Volkmann’s canal

78
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Are osteoclasts found in cortical bone?

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Osteoclasts are not found in cortical bone. only on the edges (periosteum and endosteum)
where they degrade bone

79
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What is the endosteum?

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Where the spongy bone finishes and meets critical bone

80
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What is the periosteum

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The edge of the bone

81
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What two proteins do osteoblasts make?

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osteopontin and osteocalcin

82
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What is the most common cartilage/bone disease?

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Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

83
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Describe osteoarthritis

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: [age-related] degeneration
• mechanical failure of the articular cartilage -
narrowing of the joint space
- bone rubs against bone

84
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Describe rheumatoid arthritis

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autoimmune disease
• inflammation of a synovial membrane
thickening of the joint capsule
-subsequent damage to underlying bone and articular cartilage - both bone and cartilage disintegrate

85
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How does osteoarthritis cause joint pain?

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Normal knee joint:
Hyaline (articular) cartilage and fibrocartilage menisci
- permits smooth articulation

Osteoarthritic knee joint: 
• Degeneration of the cartilages 
• Narrowing of the joint space, 
• Growth of bony spurs (osteophytes)
- causes inflammation and pain

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