Bone structure and function Part 2 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 types of bone cell
A
osteoblasts
osteoclasts
osteocytes
osteoprogenitor cells
2
Q
What do osteoblasts do?
A
Lays down bone matrix
3
Q
- What do osteoclasts do?
A
resorb bone
4
Q
What do osteocytes do?
A
maintains matrix
5
Q
- What do osteoprogenitor cells do?
A
give rise to osteoblasts involved in remodelling
6
Q
What lineage do osteoclasts come from?
A
monocyte/macrophage lineage
7
Q
Give 2 specific ways that osteoblasts perform their function
A
- Secretes organic bone matrix AKA osteoid
- Mediates mineralisation of osteoid
8
Q
what is mineralisation of osteoid?
A
deposition of inorganic salts into the osteoid
9
Q
What shape are osteoblasts?
A
Cuboidal shape
10
Q
- Give 2 things that osteoblasts secrete
A
- collagen
- matrix vesicles
11
Q
- what do the matrix vesicles secreted by osteoblasts contain
A
- Alkaline phosphatase and other enzymes and proteins that control the availability of calcium and phosphate
12
Q
- What happens when the levels of calcium and phosphate levels increase to a sufficient level?
A
hydroxyapatite crystals are precipitated
13
Q
- What are gap junctions?
A
Long cytoplasmic processes connecting to osteocytes to other osteocytes and osteoblasts
14
Q
- What are osteocytes surrounded by?
A
surrounded by mineralised matrix
15
Q
- Where do osteocytes sit in?
A
They sit in Lacunae