Bone Flashcards
What are the characteristics of bone?
- Bone is the most rigid of connective tissues
- It is one of the hardest tissues in the body
- It is a dynamic tissue. It constantly changes shape to deal with the stresses placed on it.
- We have 206 bones. (Enamel = hardest substance in body)
- Functions in support and protection of internal organs
- Is the principle reservoir for Ca++, PO43-, Na+, and Mg++
- Contains homopoietic bone marrow which makes blood cells
What is the percentage breakdown of subtypes of bone and their characteristics?
Cortical bone
- 80% of bone mass
- Dense, compact bone
- Outer layer covered by periosteum ( a dense collagenous connective tissue covering diaphysis of many bones)
Cancellous bone
- 20% of bone mass
- Spongy Bone found at the ends of long bones
- Highly vascular
- Inner layer spongy and light
- Provides space for the bone marrow where RBCs, WBCs, and platelets are produced.
NB: All bones contain both types of bone, but differ in percentages.
Epiphysis
End segment of a long bone, contains a cartilaginous layer that allow long bones to grow. Once in adulthood the plates close and there is no more growth.
Metaphysis
Region that contains the growth plate.
Columns of spongy tissue is found
Diaphysis
Body or shaft of the bone
Medullary Cavity
The Medullary cavity is also called the Marrow cavity.
Enclosed by cortical bone, this is where the marrow resides.
What are the two types of bone marrow?
Red Marrow
Yellow Marrow
What is red marrow?
- Virtually all bones at birth have this.
- Tissue that makes blood and blood cells are here (homopoietic)
- At adolescence it’s confined to the axial skeleton (skulls, ribs, vertebrae, and sternum)
What is yellow marrow?
- Fat tissue
- May convert to red marrow if blood loss is severe
What is the structure of bone?
- Inorganic Matrix
- Calcium Phosphate [Ca3(PO4)2]
- Hydroxyapatite crystals [Ca10(PO4)6 (OH)2]
- 99% of the body’s Ca++ is stored as hydroxyapitite crystals
- Organic Matrix
- Collagen
- Ground Substance (contains many glycoproteins)
Bottom line for DAT:
The distinguishing feature of bone is ground substance and its extracellular matrix of collagen
What does the axial skeleton consist of?
- Skull,
- Sternum
- Ribs,
- Vertebrae
Think the body’s axis
What does the appendicular skeleton consist of?
- Bones of pelvic and pectoral girdle like arms, legs, feet, etc.
Think the body’s appendages and everything that facilitates the movements of appendages. Pelvis, collar bone, etc.
What are ligaments?
Dense regular tissue that connects bone to bone
What are tendons?
Dense regular tissue that connects bone to muscle
What are joints?
Areas of contact, or areas near contact between two points
What are the types of bone at a microscopic level?
Primary bone
Secondary bone
What is primary bone?
At a microscopic level
- temporary bone usually replaced in adults
- first bone to form during fetal development and during bone repair
- random collagen arrangement
- present around tooth sutures always
What is secondary bone
At a microscopic level
- Permanent bone
- What most adult bone is
- more ordered collagen arrangement in the extracellular matrix.