Chapter 3 - Bone Physiology Flashcards
What are two categories of skeleton?
Axial and Appendicular
Axial
skull, vertebral column, sternum, and ribs
Appendicular
bones of upper/lower limbs, the girdles that support them, hands and feet
What makes up bones?
osseous tissue and bone marrow
What is osseous tissue?
mineralized bone tissue, major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body
What is marrow?
soft, fatty tissue found in cavities of bones. Active red marrow can perform hemopoiesis (blood formation), and inactive yellow marrow is capable of converting back to active marrow and is for fat storage.
Bone is highly:
vascular
What are the 5 types of bones
Long, short, flat, sesamoid, and irregular
Long bones
- longer than they are wide
ex. toes, humerus, femur
Sesamoid bones
- sesame seed shape; specialized bones found within tendons; small, flat, and oval shaped; important to increase muscle leverage and increase longevity of tendons
ex. patella
Irregular bones
bones that do not easily fit into other classifications
ex. vertebrae
Periosteum
outermost layer of bone, formed from dense, irregular collagenous tissue
- vascularized connective tissue enveloping bones except at surfaces of joints
- richly supplied with blood vessels and axons
- anchored to the deeper regions of a bone by collagen fibers called perforating fibers
What is the layer underneath the periosteum?
Compact Bone (cortical bone)
Compact bone
- aka cortical bone
- provides strength and resistance to compression, twisting, and shear stress
What is the layer underneath compact bone?
Spongy bone (cancellous/trabecular)
Spongy bone
- aka cancellous/trabecular bone
- has a spongy/honeycomb appearance
- collagenous interior walls of honeycomb are called trabeculae and are covered by a thin layer of connective tissue called ENDOSTEUM
- wells of honeycomb, between the trabeculae, are cavities filled with bone marrow; wells are collectively called the MEDULLARY CAVITY
What are the ends of long bones covered in?
Hyaline cartilage
What is the significance of epiphyseal lines?
indicate what remains of epiphyseal plate (aka growth plate); made of hyaline cartilage
In flat bones, what is the spongy bone region called?
Diploe
Some ___________ bones have an inner region called __________ with and ____ filled cavity that is lined w/ ____________________.
irregular; the sinus; air; mucous membranes
Hematopoietic Stem Cells
stem cells derived from mesoderm that produce all other blood cells through hematopoiesis
Yellow marrow is mostly:
blood vessels and adipocytes
When do you have more red marrow than yellow marrow? Why?
infantry and young childhood; to support their rapid growth and increasing blood cell requirements.
Stem cell growth factors
- granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)
- granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
— both allow for isolation of hematopoietic stem cells from peripheral blood and not bone marrow
Osteoblast
- BUILD bone
- ossification (secretion of organic and inorganic components into extracellular matrix)