Bone Flashcards
Organic and inorganic components to bone
- Inorganic: hydroxyapatite (Ca and P)
- Organic: type I collagen and ground substance
Compact vs Cancellous bone
- Compact: dense bone, main type in diaphysis
- Cancellous: lower density trabecular bone, found in epiphysis, short bones, and irregular bone
Both compact and cancellous bone show two type of organization
- Mature Lamellar Bone (discrete sheets of matrix)
- Woven bone: newly formed with randomly arranged components
Woven Bone
- Abundance of collagen, poorly mineralized
- Osteocytes are plentiful and random
- Important in bone development, fracture repair and bone remodeling
Mature lamellar bone
- Collagen fibers laid down in concentric lamellae
- Osteocytes are contained within lacunae in regular pattern
- Main type of bone found in adults
Osteon
- Haversian system
- Complex of concentric lamellae, central canal with artery, v and nerve, endosteum
Between successive lamellae are
Lacunae with osteocytes
Lacunae are interconnected by
Canaliculi
Dendritic processes of adjacent cells are in contact via
Gap Junctions
Osteon cells receive nutrients via
Vessels in the Central Canal
Spaces between the lattice of Trabeculae are sites of
Marrow formation
Periosteum
Outer Covering of bone
- Consists of inner cellular and outer fibrous layer
- Collagen fibers of the outer layer are continuous with adjacent bone, joints, tendons, and ligaments
Osteogenic cells
-Progenitors, develop into osteoblasts
Osteoblasts
-Secrete matrix, synthesize collagen, GAGs, glycoproteins
Osteoid
- Osteoblasts form it
- Zone of unmineralized fivers
- Osteoblasts act on this material to mineralized it, transforming it into bone
- When osteoblasts are trapped within this matrix, they become osteocytes
Osteocytes
- Cytoplasmic projections travel within canaliculi to communicate across gap junctions
- Maintain matrix and ion balance (namely Ca and P)