Bone Pathology Flashcards
What goes inside a Haversian Canal?
Blood Vessels
Lymphatics
Nerves
and Connective Tissues
What is the mature form of woven bone called and how are they different?
Lamellar Bone
–>Collagen runs in the same direction
Where is the house of the osteocytes?
Lacunae in between lamellae of bone in the Haversian Canal
How are the osteocytes communicated with each other?
Via the canaliculae
one of the main functions of osteocytes is?
Mechanic Transduction and remodelling of bone depending on where the stress is coming from
Which bone cell has a perinuclear hof?
osteoblast
in order for the monocyte/granulocyte cell lineage to differentiate into osteoclasts what 2 molecules are needed?
RANKL
M-CSF
what is the function of osteoprotegrin? what secretes it?
binding to RANKL in order to inhibit it from binding onto RANK on the osteoclast
Produced by osteoblast
how does PTH increases osteoclast activity?
binds to the osteoblast to induce RANKL and decrease release of osteoprotegrin
besides the osteoid what else does osteoblast produce?
Vesicles containing Alkaline Phosphatase (takes phosphate groups from anything nearby causing deposition)
What is Stronger Hydroxyapatite or Fluoroapatite
Fluoroapatite
Fractures are
Disruptions in the integrity of living bone
What are the 2 main types of fractures?
Complete
(displaced, open=compound, closed=simple, comminuted)
Incomplete –> Greenstick (more common in children)
What is a comminuted fracture?
where there are more than 2 fragments after the fracture
What is a Colles Fracture?
Displaced Fracture when there is a fall onto an outstretched hand (FOOSH [fall onto out-stretched hand])