CH 7 Bone formation and remodeling Flashcards
Ossification
Formation of bone a.k.a. osteogenesis
Two types of ossification
1. Intramembranous ossification
2. Endochondral ossification
Intramembranous ossification: stage, types of bones, starting material
-Embryonic stage
-Produces flat bones of skull, clavicle, part of mandible
-Starting material is embryonic mesenchyme
Stages of intramembranous ossification
- Deposition of osteoid tissue
- Calcification of osteoid tissue
- Mesenchyme condensing
- Formation of surface compact bone
Intramembranous ossification:
Stage 1: Deposition of Osteoid tissue
Mesenchyme condenses; mesenchymal cells line blood vessels and become osteoblasts; they secrete pre-bone
Collagenous osteoid tissue
Pre-bone; scaffolding of collagenous fibers
Intramembranous ossification:
Stage 2. Calcification of osteoid tissue
-Calcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite crystallize on collagen fibers
-Osteoblasts trapped in lacuna and become osteocytes
-blood vessels compact to central location
Intramembranous ossification:
Stage 3. Mesenchyme condensing
-Mesenchyme becomes periosteum around edges
-Formation of spongy bone (trabeculae)

Trabeculae
 honeycomb shaped Slender calcification in spongy bone; from blood vessels getting trapped
Intramembranous ossification:
4. Formation of compact bone at surface
Osteoblasts near periosteum deposit layers of compact bone; bone sandwich
Bone sandwich in Stage four of intramembranous ossification
Mesenchyme
Periosteum
Compact bone
Spongy bone
Compact bone
Periosteum
Mesenchyme
Endochondral ossification:
Develops from, bone types, plate?
-Cartilage to bone
-Most bones: long bones, vertebrae, ribs, sternum, pelvic girdle, etc.
-Epiphyseal plate on either side of bone

Epiphyseal plate
Growth zone surrounded by metaphysis
Stages of endochondral ossification
- Hyaline cartilage formation
- Formation of primary ossification center
- Infiltration of blood vessels
- Birth: formation of secondary marrow cavity
- Child: filling of spongy bone
- Late teen/adult: closing of epiphyseal plate
Endochondral ossification stage one: hyaline cartilage formation
-Mesenchyme develops into hyaline cartilage
-Surrounded by Perichondrium (chondrocytes)