Bone Flashcards
ECM of bone (ground substance/fibers)
fibers: type I collagen fibers
ground substance: mineralized (hydroxyapatite)
articular cartilage
on the ends of bone
hyaline cartilage WITHOUT PERICHONDRIUM
Histological examination of bone
decide: do you want to see the organic (cells.. de mineralized or inorganic material (ground substance.. calcified) of bone?
to view organic material of bone
“Decalcified”
- decalcify bone via acidic solution or solutions of calcium chelators (EDTA)
- decalcified bone is compressed into type I collagen and stained (eosinophilic in H/E)
- ONLY SEE PERIOSTEUM (not endosteum)
to view inorganic material of bone
“Ground sections”
- NO living material
- sliced dried bone, NOT stained (appears yellow)
- mineral scaffold shows where stuff (nerves, cells, vessels etc. used to be)
Periosteum
- CT covering of external surface of bone EXCEPT at joints of long bones
- Dense irregular CT (fibroblasts) = outer layer
- inner layer = osteoprogenitor cells for apositional growth via osteoblasts
bone composition
cells (osteoprogenitor, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, osteocytes) + fibers (type I collagen) + ECM (ground substance – bone matrix– keratin sulfate/chondroitin sulfate + mineral – Ca phosphate (hydroxyapatite))
osteoprogenitor cells
give rise to osteoblasts
located in inner periosteum, allow for apositional growth
Sharpey’s Fiber
Type I collagen that helps attach bone to periosteum.
Endosteum
- lines all of the inner surfaces of bone (marrow cavity, vascular spaces, haversian/volkmann canals)
- contains osteoprogenitor cells (bone lining cells)
Osteoprogenitor cells (location + function)
location: mesenchyme, endosteum, inner periosteum (called “bone lining cells”
function: differentiate into osteoblasts for apositional growth
osteoblasts
secrete osteoid (type I collagen) which sets up the framework for bone basophilic because lots of rER (to produce type I collagen + other matrix proteins) ALWAYS on outside of the cell (for apositional growth)
osteoid
nonmineralized (organic) bone matrix made of type I collagen + proteins
Osteocytes
- osteoblasts that are completely surrounded by mineralized bone matrix
- only visualized in demineralized stained sections of bone
lacunae in bone
where osteocyte cell bodies sit (spaces within the mineralized bone matrix)
canaliculi
- spaces occupied by osteocyte cell processes
- forms a gap junction allow for transfer of large substances between osteocytes
- connect lacunae
osteoclasts
multinucleated, eosinophilic, ALWAYS on outside of cell
- produced from the fusion of monocytes
- degrade and remodel mineralized bone matrix
what breaks down the mineral component of bone
HCl (formed from the breakdown of H20 + CO2 –> H+ + HCO3 - and Cl channels in the ruffled border)
what breaks down the organic component of bone?
hydrolases from lysosomes in osteoclasts.. break down type I collagen, ground substance + other organic material
howships lacuna
resulting depression on the surface of a bone after the mineralized bone matrix is dissolved
how do osteoclasts resorb bone?
- ring seal formed via alpha-v beta-3 integrin (osteoclast) binding to osteopontin (bone)
- ruffled border (osteoclast infolding) formed
- carbonic anhydrase in the osteoclast cytoplasm breaks down H20 + CO2 –> H+ + HCO3-;
- ruffled border hast H+ ATP-ase and Cl- channels that cause the formation of HCl in the ruffled border; HCl goes to degrade the inorganic material (mineral) on the bone that the osteoclast is bound to
- lysosomes in the osteoclast release anhydrases that function to break down the organic material (type I collagen + ground substance)
- howships lacuna results
hormonal regulation of bone activity: what happens in Ca 2+ is too low
- PTH is released from the parathyroid gland
- PTH binds to receptors on OSTEOBLAST: causes a). expression of RANK-L (ligand) on osteoblast, b). secretion of M-CSF
- M-CSF binds onto monocytes and causes the differentiation into macrophages
- macrophages start to express RANK (receptor) and fuse to form an immature osteoclast
- immature osteoclast with RANK binds to the osteoblast with RANK-L.. causes the osteoblast to mature
- mature osteoclast binds to bone’s osteopontin via alpha-v beta-3 integrin, produces the ruffled border, and causes breakdown of bone to release calcium to increase the serum levels
hormonal regulation of bone activity: what happens if ca2+ is too high
- calcetonin released from c-cells from thyroid gland
- calcetonin binds to receptors on the osteoCLAST and causes osteoclastin inactivation
- ruffled border is lost and the osteoclast is released from the bone
organic component of bone ECM
lots of type I collagen (fibers) and keratan/chondroitin sulfate (ground substance)… this its basophilic
inorganic component of bone ECM
- calcium phosphate (resembling crystal hydroxyapatite) mineralized
- solid environment that resists stress/strain, prevents diffusion of oxygen and nutrients (THUS BONE IS WELL VASCULARIZED/INNERVATED)
- this bone can only grow apositionally