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1
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  1. What are the four phases of skeletal development?
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a. 1. Migration
b. 2. Interaction
c. 3. Mesenchymal condensation
d. 4. Differentiation

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  1. What are the two types of bone formation?
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a. 1. Endochondral
b. 2. Intramembranous

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  1. Which bone formation type is indirect?
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Endochondral

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4
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What occurs in endochondral bone formation?

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The bone starts as cartilage

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5
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What bones are usually endochondral?

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Bones that bear weight

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What bone formation is direct?

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Intramembranous

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  1. Why is it intramembranous bone formation direct?
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Because the mesenchymal cells become osteoblasts with no cartilage intermediate

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  1. Where is intramembranous bone formation restricted at?
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a. It is restricted to the cranial vault and facial bones

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  1. What molecules attract hypertrophic chondrocytes to blood vessels to invade?
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VEGF

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10
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  1. When does growth plate fusion occur?
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Age 14-20

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  1. When do secondary ossification centers appear?
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a. Around the time of birth

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  1. What is the first type of bone produced?
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a. Woven bone/Primary bone

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  1. When is woven bone most often found?
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During fractures

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14
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What is woven immature bone replaced with?

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Lamellar bone

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15
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What can lamellar bone be classified into?

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  1. Compact bone
  2. Cancellous bone
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What are the three main bone cell types?

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  1. Osteoclasts
  2. Osteoblasts
  3. Osteocytes
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What is unique about osteoblasts, chondroblasts, myoblasts, and adipocytes?

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They all originate from a mesenchymal progenitor

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18
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What type of collagen is produced from osteoblasts?

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Type 1

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What are the two transcription factors used in osteoblasts?

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RUNX2
Osterix

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What are the extracellular matrix proteins used in osteoblasts?

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Type 1 collagen
Osteopontin
Osteocalcin
Bone sialoprotein

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21
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What does RUNX2 and Osterix do?

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RUNX2
i. Allows mesenchyme to mature into immature osteoblasts Osterix
i. Allows immature osteoblasts to mature into mature osteoblasts

22
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What molecules inhibit these steps?

23
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What is the master transcription factor for osteoblasts?

24
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  1. In humans, if RUNX2 is mutated what occurs?
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a. Cleidocranial dysplasia

25
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Is cleidocranial dysplasia an autosomal dominant or haploinsufficient mutation of
RUNX2?

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What molecules does osterix control?

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Type 1 collagen
Osteocalcin
Osteopontin

27
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What do mutations in osterix cause in humans?

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Osteogenesis imperfecta type 12

28
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  1. What two key molecules regulate osteoblast differentiation besides RUNX2 and Osterix?
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  1. BMPS
  2. WNT/B-Catenin
29
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What do BMPs do?

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Maintain adult bone homeostasis

30
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What is FOP (Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva)?

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Heterotopic bone formation that results in a stone man appearance due to a BMP
type 1 mutation

31
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What does this mean in regards to FOP?

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Everytime soft tissue damage occurs, bone take its place

32
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What is the high bone mass phenotype caused by?

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Mutations of LRP5

33
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What does the LRP5 mutations affect?

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Wnt/B-Catenin signaling

34
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What does inactivating mutations of LRP5 cause?

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a. Low bone mass

35
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  1. What initiates the first phase of mineralization?
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a. Matrix vesicle secretion

36
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  1. What initiates the second phase of mineralization?
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a. Propagation of mineralized collagen fibers

37
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  1. What enzyme is highly expressed in osteoblasts and odontoblasts?
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a. Alkaline phosphatase (AP)

38
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  1. What does AP do?
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a. Hydrolyzes pyrophosphate which leads to mineralization

39
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  1. Why is hydrolyzing pyrophosphate important in the mineralization process?
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a. Because pyrophosphate is an inhibitor of mineralization

40
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  1. What disorder is associated with mutations in alkaline phosphate?
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a. Hypophosphatasia

41
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  1. What gene causes this?
42
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  1. Is there a master transcriptional gene identified for osteocytes yet?
43
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  1. What gene controls the transcription factors for osteocytes?
44
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  1. What are the potential functions of osteocytes?
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a. Mechanosensors
b. Bone resorption and bone formation
c. Regulation of mineralization
d. Mineral homeostasis

45
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  1. What gene is used by osteocytes to regulate osteoblasts?
A

Sclerostin

46
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  1. What cells express sclerostin?
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a. Osteocytes
b. Cementocytes c. Odontoblasts

47
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  1. How does sclerostin negative regulate bone formation?
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a. Through the antagonistic affect of Wnt/Beta-catenin signaling

48
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  1. What do sclerostin mutations cause?
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a. Vanbuchems disease

49
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  1. What is Van Buchems disease?
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a. Bone mass increases in craniofacial skeleton (Crimson chin disease)

50
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  1. What genes do osteocytes express that are important in phosphate homeostasis?
A

a. FGF23
b. DMP1
c. PHEX

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