Bones, collagen, calcium, phosphate Flashcards
7 functions of the skeleton?
Raises us from the ground against gravity, determines basic body shape, transmits body weight, forms jointed lever system for movement, protects vitals structures from damage, houses bone marrow, mineral storage(calcium, phosphorus, magnesium)
Bone classification types by shape? (x5)
Long bones- tubular shaft with hollow shaft and ends expanded for articulation with others
Short bones- cuboidal in shape
Flat bones- plates of bones, often curved, protective function
Irregular bones
Sesamoid bones- round, oval nodules in a tendon
2 types of macro bone structures?
Cortical/ compact= dense, solid, only spaces for cell and blood vessels
Trabecular/ cancellous/ spongy= network of trabecular, bone marrow, cells and blood vessels
2 types of micro bone structures?
Woven= made quickly, disorganised, no clear structure Lamellar= made slowly, organised, layered structure
How does hollow long bone contribute to function? Trabecular bone contribute?Wide ends do what?
Keeps mass away from neutral axis, minimising deformation
Structural support while minimising mass
Spreads load over weak, low friction surface
What composition does bone have (%s)? Mineral and organic matrices provide what?
50-70%= mineral (hydroxyapatite, crystalline form of calcium phosphate)= stiffness 20-40%= organic matrix- collagen type 1 (90%)- elasticity, non-collagenous= 10% 5-10%= water
4 features about collagen? Type 1 found where? Type 2 found where? Type 3 found where?
Most abundant protein in body and ECM, found outside cells, tensile strength
3 cross linked PPCs in triple superhelical structures
Skin, ligament, tendon, bone
Cartilage and vitreous of the eye
Skin and during wound healing
Procollagen synthesised where? What repeat forms what shape? Y is often what? This increases what of collagen? Hydroxylation of proline requires what vitamin as a cofactor?
Inside the cell Gly-X-Y repeat--> helix Proline/ hydroxyproline Thermal stability of collagen Vitamin C
3 collagen molecules form what? Assembled into what? Held together by what? What is a component of the crosslinks? Breakdown by what?
Tropocollagen–> collagen fibril, covalent crosslinks from lysine/ hydroxylysine side-chains
Pyridinoline
Collagenases and cathepsin K
What is a primary bone?
Newly formed, poorly organised, may develop directly in a mesenchyme (intramembranous bone) e.g. vault of skull, lateral 1/3 of clavicle/ from hyaline cartilage proformer (endochondral bone)
What is a secondary bone?
Result of remodelling- original structure eroded and laid down in more organised way
Well organised
Compact (round edges of long bones) or cancellous (spongy)
Organised into osteons when thick
What does intramembranous bone formation involve?
Mesenchymal condensation (proliferation)—> osteoprogenitor cell differentiation–> osteoblast–> osteocyte
7 stages of endochondral ossification?
1) Cartilage proformer
2) Collar formation- of bone that surrounds central part of shaft
3) Invasion of osteogenic bud- blood supply
4) New osteoblasts form primary ossification centre@ centre of bone
5) Establishment of secondary ossification centres@ ends of bone
6) Lengthening via growth plates- epiphyseal plates of cartilage
7) Closure of growth plates- when primary and secondary growth centres fuse
GH stimulates growth of what in bone? Excess in children causes what? In adults causes what? Other hormones stimulators of bone growth?
Epiphyseal cartilage, children= gigantism, acromegaly
Sex hormones
Precocious puberty results in what? Hormone deficiencies cause what? Requirements for bone formation?
Reduced stature as growth plates close early
Tall stature- growth plates remain open for longer
Connective tissue, cells, calcium, phosphate
What is the modelling of bone? What is bone remodelling?
Gross shape is altered, bone added or taken away (growth, fracture, repair, mechanical adaptation)
All of the bone is altered, new bone replaces old bone, continuously remodelled at discrete sites in order to maintain integrity of the tissue
Osteoblasts are derived from what stem cells? Features of them? Secrete factors that do what?
Mesenchymal stem cells Basophilic Cuboidal- resting on bone Contain lots of RER Make osteoid- organic component, becomes mineralised after secretion by hydroxyapatite High alkaline phosphatase Regulate osteoclasts i.e. RANKL
Features of osteoclasts?
Monocyte lineage, multinucleate, high lysosome content, dissolve mineralised matrix, breakdown collagen, erode bone lie in Howship’s lacunae, high expression of TRAP and cathepsin K
Shape of bone lining cells? Derived from what? Features of osteocytes?
Flattened, derived from osteoblasts
Stellate, entombed in bone, trapped osteoblasts
Reasons for bone remodelling?
Form bone shape, replace woven bone with lamellar bone, reorientate fibrils and trabeculae in favourable direction for mechanical strength, response to loading, repair damage, obtain calcium
MSC progenitor cells contain SOX9 which are used to make what? IGF1 and fit D for what? Leptin used for what? As we age more mesenchymal progenitors are directed down what pathway?
Chondrocytes
Osteoblasts
Adipocyte
Adipocyte pathway
Bone lining cells are activated to form what? Make resorption pits containing what 2 things? Macrophages found@ site in what phase? Osteoblasts precursors are recruited and proliferate/ differentiate into what?
Osteoclasts
HCl- dissolves mineral, cathepsin K- digests matrix
Intermediate/ reversal phase
Mature osteoblasts- secrete osteoid which is mineralised–> new bone