Bones & skeletal sys Flashcards
Intra-
within
meso-
middle
os- / osteo-
bone
peri-
around
-blast
create
-clast
break down
-cyte
a cell
chondro-
cartilage
4 tissue types of skeletal system
bones, cartilage, ligament, tendon
6 major functions of skeletal system
- support
- protection
- assistance w/ movement
- mineral homeostasis
- produce blood cells
- store triglyceride (energy)
a-
not / none
2 ways cartilage grows
- Appositional: cartilage added to outside of existing cartilage
- Interstitial: chondrocytes (in matrix) divide & add more matrix b/w chondrocytes
lacunae
small spaces where chondrocytes lie
acellular matrix of cartilage consist of…
dense network of collagen & elastic fibres, and chondrocytes w/in lacunae
how is cartilage made?
chondroblasts produce matrix => once surrounded by matrix changes name to chondrocytes (located in lacunae)
bone matrix includes
(35%) organic [collagen & proteoglycan] & (65%) inorganic [hydropyapatite]
Formation of bone matrix by…
ostification/osteogenesis from osteoblast. Osteoblast (E.R & golgi) produce & release collagen. Precursors of hydroxyapatite (in vesicles) released
2 ways bone grows
1st. Woven: collagen fibres randomly arranged (foetal develop. & initial fracture repair)
2nd. Lamellar: woven bone is broken down by osteoclast & reformed into lamellae (thin sheets). Each lamellae has collagen fibres parallel to each other, but in different lamellae CF at diff. directions