Cartilage And Bones Flashcards
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Cartilage composed of … derived from …
Chondrocytes
Fibroblasts
Chondrocytes located in matrix cavities called
Lacunae
How is cartilage nourished
Capillaries of perichondrium or synovial fluid from joint cavities
Principal collagen in hyaline cartilage?
Type II collagen
Hydration percentage of hyaline cartilage
60 to 78 percent
Hyaline cartilage characterized by predominately type 2 collagen but elastic cartilage?
Elastic fibers in addition to type 2 collagen
Hyaline cartilage undergoes calcification.
Elastic cartilage does not. Found in ear auricle and auditory canal, epiglottis, cuneiform cartilage
What is predominant in fivrocartliage
Type 1 collagen
Location of fibrocartilage
Iv disc, symphosis pubis, sternoclavicular and temporomandivular joints. Resistance to compression and shear
2 forms of cartilage growth, namely
Appositional and interstitial
In appositional growth?
Fibroblasts in perichobdrium differentiate into chondrobalsts and synthesize new matrix. Growth is from outside cartilage mass
In interstitial growth?
Pre existing chondrocytes mitotically divide to synthesize new matrix from within cartilage mass. Occurs at epiphyses and in articular cartilages
Bone matrix consists of
Collagen and mineralized ground substance.
Dine by calcium and phosphorus in the form of hydroxyapatite crystals
Canaliculi?
Osteocyte processes contain within a tunnel. Thise from other lacunar join to form a network through the mineralized tissue
Funtions of osteoblasts
Synthesise osteoid and mediate mineralisaztion