Cartilage Bones Joints Flashcards
Most common cartilage?
Hyaline
Where do you find hyaline cartilage?
ribs, articular surfaces, trachea
describe hyaline cartilage
stiff, flexible, compression resistant
Cartilage separated by?
extracellular matrix
hyaline ECM contains4 things:
- collagen II
- aggrecans
- hyaluronic acid
- chondronectin
What is elastic cartilage?
hyaline + more elastin
where is elastic cartilage?
ear, epiglottis, larynx
fibrocartilage what kind of collagen?
type 1
fibrocartilage histology?
dense CT with islands of cartilage
where find fibrocartilage?
meniscus and intervertebral discs
any perichondrium in fibrocartilage?
Nope.
annulus fibrosis made of?
fibrocartilage
nucleus pulposus is collagen type?
II
replaced by fibrocartilage by age 20
where are Haversion systems?
compact bone
trabecular bone made of?
lamellae
continuous spaces
trabecular bone full of? 2 things
marrow and blood vessels
how do osteocytes get their nutrients?
in contact with marrow cavity through their processes (canaliculi)
What is in the medullary cavity?
yellow or red marrow
what is red vs. yellow marrow?
red: haemopoeitic (earlier in life)
yellow: fat cells (later in life)
yellow marrow useless?
Nope. preserves some haemopoietic cells and activate if necessary.
blood vessels in medullary cavity have what instead of capillaries?
sinusoids
bones covered with thin layer of CT inside and out called?
Periosteum
Endosteum
Periosteum contains 2 layers what are in it?
Outer: fibroblasts, vessles, collagen
Inner: osoteoprogenitors
endosteum contains?
osteoprogenitor cells for repair