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Cellular Structure Of Bone Flashcards

1
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What are the 5 functions of bone?

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→ Support and movement 
→ Protection for internal organs 
→ Bone marrow store
→ Mineral reservoir 
→ Endocrine
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2
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Where is cortical compact bone found?

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→ On the outside

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3
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How is cortical bone organised?

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→ In sheet like structures

→ Surrounding a hollow structure called the Haversian canal

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4
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What are the repeating units of cortical bone?

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→ Osteons

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5
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What are lacunae?

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→ cell sized holes within the bone matrix

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6
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What are the function of Haversian canals?

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→ Allow for blood vessel penetration

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7
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Where is trabecular bone found?

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→ Near the head of the bone

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What is the structure of trabecular bone?

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→ spongy

→ interlocking struts with spaces inbetween

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9
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What is the function of trabecular bone?

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→ Makes bone lighter

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10
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What is the composition of bone in %s?

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→ Protein : organic osteoid matrix 25%
→ Mineral : 75%
→ Cells

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11
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What is the function of the organic protein matrix?

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→ Gives flexibility and tensile strength

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12
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What is bone mineral?

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→ Hydroxyapatite

→ Calcium and Phosphate

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13
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What is the function of bone mineral?

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→ Gives bone rigidity and compressive strength

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14
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What are the 4 types of bone cells?

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→ Osteoblasts
→ Osteoclasts
→ Osteocytes
→ Bone marrow cells

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15
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What are the two subtypes of bone marrow cells?

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→ Mesenchymal cells

→ Haematopoietic cells

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16
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What do mesenchymal stem cells make?

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→ Osteoblasts and osteocytes

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17
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Where are osteoblasts found?

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→ Lining the inner surface of bone

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18
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Where are osteocytes found?

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→ Encased within the bone matrix

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19
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What do haematopoietic stem cells give rise to?

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→ Lymphoid lineage - lymphocytes

→ Myeloid lineage - RBC and macrophages

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20
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What are the 3 functions of osteoblasts?

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→ Bone forming cells
→ Secrete osteoid collagen matrix of bone
→ Promote mineralisation of the osteoid

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21
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What are the 2 functions of osteoclasts?

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→ Bone reabsorbing - digest old bone

→ Dissolve bone mineral and have enzymes to digest the organic matrix

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22
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What is the life cycle of osteoclasts controlled by?

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→ Apoptosis

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23
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What is a protease that osteoclasts secrete?

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→ Cathepsin K

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24
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What do osteoclasts secrete?

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→ Acid and proteases that are active in acidic environments

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25
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What do osteoclasts look like?

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→ They are large and multinucleate

26
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What are osteocytes?

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→ Terminally differentiated osteoblasts

27
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What do osteocytes do?

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→ They lay down bone matrix (organic material that becomes mineralised)

28
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How do osteocytes extend?

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→ Via multiple dendrites via minute canals in the bone matrix

29
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What is the function of the lacunocanalicular system?

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→ Maintains communication between the bone surface and blood vessels

30
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How is bone continually renewed?

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→ Old bone is continually resorbed and new bone is laid down
→ Cycle between osteoclasts digesting old bone and osteoblasts laying down new bone

31
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How does bone remodelling occur?

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→ The leading edge is where cells differentiate into osteoclasts
→ Behind that the new osteoblasts differentiate into new bone
→ As the osteoblasts lay down the new bone some of them will stay in it where they are encased in lacunae

32
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What are the 3 phases of bone remodelling?

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→ Activation : promotion of differentiation of new osteoclasts
→ Resorption : duration of osteoclast activity
→ Reversal : osteoclast apoptosis, terminating activity

33
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What are the 3 factors that control bone remodelling?

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→ Load bearing exercise
→ Cytokines and local signals
→ Endocrine

34
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What is the role of estrogen in bone remodelling?

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→inhibits osteocyte apoptosis
→ Promotes osteoclast apoptosis
→ essential for skeletal health

35
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What does process does estrogen favor?

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→ Formation over resorption

36
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What is osteoporosis?

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→ Loss of bone mass above a certain threshold

37
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In what gender is osteoporosis more common in?

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→ Women

38
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Why is osteoporosis more common in women?

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→ dramatic loss of estrogen due to menopause

39
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What is delayed skeletal growth in men linked to?

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→ Aromatase deficiency

40
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What is RANK?

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→ A surface receptor on pre-osteoclasts that stimulates osteoclast differentiation

41
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What is the RANK ligand produced by and what does it do?

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→ Produced by pre-osteoblasts, osteoblasts and osteocytes

→ binds to RANK and stimulates osteoclast differentiation

42
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In what two forms can the RANK ligand exist in?

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→ Surface bounds

→ Soluble form that is secreted from osteocytes

43
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What does the RANK receptor binding promote?

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→ osteoclast differentiation

44
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What is OPG?

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→ A soluble protein produced by osteocytes

45
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What does OPG do?

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→ Acts as an antagonist

→ binds to RANK ligand and prevents it from binding to the receptor

46
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What ratio controls osteoclast differentiation?

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→ Ratio of RANK ligand to OPG

47
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What are the steps for activating Wnt?

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→ The frizzled receptor

→ and the co-receptor called LRP5/6 have to interace

48
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What is the effector of the Wnt pathway?

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→ beta catenin

49
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What happens after the Wnt pathway is activated?

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→ beta catenin is translocated to the nucleus where it causes transcription

50
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What is the Wnt pathway regulated by?

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→ DKK and Sclerostin

51
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Where is sclerostin expressed and what does it do?

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→ Expressed in osteocytes

→ stops osteoblast differentiation

52
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What do OPG and NO do?

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→ Inhibit the differentiation of osteoclasts

53
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What does the RANK ligand promote?

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→ Promotes the differentiation of osteoclasts

54
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What do PGE2, NO and ATP promote?

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→ Differentiation of osteoblasts

55
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What do sclerostin, DDK and SFRP1 inhibit?

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→ Inhibit the differentiation of osteoblasts

56
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What is a common bone disease?

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→ Osteoporosis

57
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What is a rare bone disease?

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→ Osteomalacia

58
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What is sclerosteosis caused by?

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→ Mutation of the SOST gene

→ Inactivating sclerostin protein

59
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What is osteopetrosis caused by?

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→ Inactivating the RANK ligand

→ overgrowth of bone

60
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What 2 changes occur during osteoporosis?

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→ Thinning of the cortical bone

→ Widening of the trabecular bone

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