Bone and cartilage lab Flashcards
what is shown in this picture? how do we know what bone it is?
early stage formation of a flat bone (skull)
* can see the scalp (epidermis and dermis) with hair follicles on the right
what is shown here? what will eventually happen to it?
intramembranous ossification (condensed connective tissue membrane within which the centre of ossification appears)
* most of this will become ossified by spread of bone from the centre of ossification
* remaining condensed connective tissue will become the periosteum which surrounds the bone
what is shown in this picture?
the osteon which is the non-mineralised oragnic matrix of bone
what will the remainder of connective tissue surrounding the developing intramembranous bone become?
periosteum - condensed membranous tissue that is very close to bone
which cells are found surrounding developing bone?
osteoblasts
what is shown in this picture?
frontal section of the head - absence of the orbits as section is more posterior
what is shown in this picture?
tongue
what is shown in this picture? what is surrounding it?
Meckel’s cartilage
surrounded by the perichondrium
what is the funciton of Meckel’s cartilage? what are its remnants?
template for ossification in the mandible so is a precursor to the mandible, disappears with time (chrondroclastic reabsorption)
* malleus and incus of the middle ear and the sphenomandubular ligament are remnants
what is shown in this picture adjacent to the Meckel’s cartilage?
the developing mandible
* dark purple-pink is mineralised bone
* bright pink is non-mineralised = osteoid
what mechanism does the mandible form?
intramembranous ossification
what are the cells that are found within the bone tissue?
osteocytes (osteoblasts that have become trapped in bone)
what important anatomy can be seen in this picture between the developing mandible and Meckel’s cartilage?
inferior alveolar nerve
inferior alveolar artery
what can be seen in this picture and what stage are they at?
tooth germs
* bulb stage
what can be seen developing here, under the tongue?
submandibular gland