Ch 6: Bones and Skeletal Tissue Flashcards
What are the three cartilage types?
- Hyaline
- Elastic
- Fibrocartilage
What are the functions of hyaline cartilage?
Collagen fibers that provides support, flexibility, and resilience
What are the functions of elastic cartilage?
Elastin that maintains the shape of structure while allowing flexibilty
What are the functions of fibrocartilage?
Thick collagen fibers that allow tensile strength for absorbing compressive shock
What are the functions of fibrocartilage?
Thick collagen fibers that allow tensile strength for absorbing compressive shock
List and describe seven important functions of bones.
- Support: for soft organs and body
- Protection: for brain, spinal cord, and organs
- Movement: levers for muscle action
- Mineral and growth factor storage: Calcium, phosphorus, growth factors
- Blood cell formation (hematopoiesis): red marrow
- Triglyceride (fat) storage: in bone cavities
- Hormone production: osteocalcin
- Bone can buffer acids
What are the 2 types of bone texures?
- Compact
2. Spongy
Describe the structure of irregular and flat bones
- Thin plates fo spongy bone (diploë) covered by compact bone
- No shaft or epiphyses
- No marrow cavity
- Hyaline cartilage covers articular surfaces
Decribe the structue of long bones
Contains tubular diaphysis and epiphyses separated by an epiphyseal line
Where is red marrow found?
In trabelular cavities of spongy bone and diploë of flat bones
What are the 5 major cells of bone tissue?
- Osteogenic cells
- Osteoblasts
- Osteocytes
- Bone lining cells
- Osteoclasts
What is another name for osteogenic cells?
Osteoprogenitor cells
What are osteogenic cells?
- Mitotically active stem cells in peristeum and endosteum
- Can become osteoblasts or bone lining cells
What are osteoblast?
Bone forming cells that are actively mitotic and secrete unmineralized bone matrix
What is another name for bone matrix?
Osteoid
What are osteocytes?
- Mature bone cells in lacunae that maintain the bone matrix
- Senses stress or strain to regulate bone remodeling
What are bone-lining cells?
Flat surface cells that assist the maintenance of the matrix
What’s the difference between periosteal and endosteal cells?
Periosteal: external bone surface
Endosteal cells: internal bone surface
What are osteoclasts?
- Derived from hematopoietic stem cells that became macrophages
- Assists with bone resorption
- Rests in resoption bay and has ruffled borders
What are the organic components of bones?
Cells, osteoid, and collagen
What are organic components of bones for?
Provide structure, tensile strength, and flexibility
Describe what a sacrificial bond is
Bonds in or between collagen that provide resiliency to the bone by stretching and breaking easily to dissipate energy and prevent fractures
Are sacrificial bond permanent?
Bonds re-form
What is an example of inorganic compounds in bone?
Hydroxyapatites (mineral salts)
What are hydroxyapatites’ function?
Tiny calcium phosphate crystals in and around collagen fibers that is responsible for hardness and resistance to compression