Bone Tissue Flashcards
Cartilage
Firm, flexible connective tissue found on many joint surfaces
Ligaments
Responsible for bone to bone connection at joints
Tendons
Responsible for attaching muscles to bone
Functions of the Skeleton
- movement
- support
- protection of organs (ex. thoracic cavity)
- blood formation in bone marrow
- Electrolyte balance
- Acid-base balance
- Detoxicification (idk how)
Osteology
Study of bone
(Bone is a connective tissue)
Mineralization / Calcification
Process of harding bones
Tissues present in bone
- Blood
- Bone marrow
- Cartliage
- Adipose tissue
- Nervous tissue
- Fibrous connective tissue
4 Groups of Bone Shapes
Flat Bones: Thin, often curved bones (ex. Ribs)
Long Bones: Rigid levers for movement (ex. humerus and fibula)
Short Bones: glide within joints (ex. carpals of wrists) often “cube-like” length, width, height are the same
Irregular Bones: complex shapes (ex. vertebrae)
Long bone anatomy
- Compact and spongy tissue
- Marrow in medullary cavity
- Epiphysial Line: remnant of growth plate
- Articular Cartilage: smooths joints
- Endosteum
- Periosteum
What are the two heads and the shaft of long bones called?
Two heads are called Epiphyses
Shaft is called Diaphyses
Anatomy of Epiphyses
Filled with spongy bone
Epiphysial line found in between
(remnant of growth plate)
Articular Cartilage
Anatomy of Flat Bones
Similar to Plasma Membrane
Spongy bone (trabeculae is surrounded by compact bone)
Triple layer bone
Osteogenic Cells
Stem cells found in:
- Endosteum: membrane lining the inner surface of bony wall
- Inner periosteum
- Central Canals
Osteoblasts
Bone-forming cells
What are Osteocytes?
What holds and connects them?
mature bone cells
Lacunae: cavties that house osteocytes
Canaliculi: small canals that connect lacunae
Osteoclasts
bone-dissolving cells
(bone-dissolving macrophages to be more specific)
Osteocyte Development Process
Osteoclast Development Process
Bone Matrix
1/3 organic:
collagen and large protein-carbohydrate complexes
2/3 inorganic:
85% hydroxyapatite
10% calcium carbonate
5% other inorganic material
What makes up Compact Bone
Osteons = basic unit of bone
Makes up:
- Concentric lamallae (tree like circles of bone)
- Circumferential lamallae (Lamallae that form the outer rings of bone tissue
- Central canal
- Perforating canal
Osteons
Makes up Compact bone
Lamallae + Central Canal makes an osteon
Spongy Bone
Spicules: rods and spines of bone
Trabeculae: thin plates of bones
Spaces are filled with bone marrow
(Lightweight but strong)
Two types of Bone Marrow
Red Bone Marrow:
Hematopoietic tissue: both red and white blood cells are made here
Yellow Bone Marrow:
Mainly fat
Types of bone marrow located on the body
Red marrow:
Found on Axial Skeleton, parts of pelvic girdle, promixal heads of humerus and femur
Yellow marrow:
Long bones of limbs
Ossification/Osteogensis
Bone formation
Begins with mesenchyme (an embryonic connective tissue)
Intramembranous Ossification
Produces flat bones of Skull and most of Clavicle
Bone develops in a fibrous sheet resembling the dermis
Endochondral Ossification makes what bones?
Where does it develop from?
Most bones are formed this way
Bone develops from hyaline cartilage model
Bone Elongation
Bones growing longer at epiphysial plates
Where is the Metaphysis located?
What is it made of?
plates made of hyaline cartilage
Area located between the diaphysis and epiphysis
Bone Elongation Process: Zones of the Metaphysis
- Zone of Resting Cartilage (C)
- Zone of Cell Proliferation (P)
- Zone of Cell Hypertropy (H)
- Zone of Calcification (C)
- Zone of Bone Desposition (D)
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