Disease of Bone Development (Handy Pants) Flashcards
What are bones made up of?
65% Inorganic: calcium hydroxyapatite
35% Organic: collagen
What gives bone its strength/hardness? structure?
strength/hardness = calcium hydroxyapatite
structure = collagen
bone that has not mineralized
osteoid
How long does it take to mineralize bone
12 - 15 days
puripotential mesenchymal stem cells
osteoprogenitor cells
CBFA-1
stimulates osteoprogenitor cells to become osteoblasts
What cells form bone?
osteoblasts
What cells reabsorb remodel bone?
osteoclasts
What cells sense mechanical stress and regulate serum calcium and phosphorus?
osteocytes
What is osteoid made of? What makes osteoid?
type I collagen
Osteoblasts
Multinucleated bone cell
osteoclast
Cells have PTH receptors to mediate osteoclast activity
osteoblast
cells that are encased in bone
osteocytes
canaliculi
contain osteocytic cell processes to allow osteocytes to communicate
howship lacunae
resorption pit containing osteoclast
osteoblasts that are surrounded by matrix =
osteocyte
What cells initiate mineralization
osteoblasts
ostoclast
osteoblast
osteocyte
Osteoclasts are derived from the same stem cells that produce _______.
macrophages
i.e. both from mesenchymal stem cells
Describe the interactions needed for osteoclast differentiation
RANK ligand on osteoblast membrane assc with RANK receptor on osteoclast precursor cell surface
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M-CSF binds M-CSF receptor on osteoclast precursor cell surface
Osteoprotegerin (OPG)
secreted by stromal cells/osteoblasts to prevent the binding of RANK ligand to the RANK receptor –> inhibits osteoclast differentiation and therefore bone reabsorption
What other cytokines are needed for osteoclast differentiation?
IL-1, 3, 6, 11
GM-CSF and M-CSF
anlage
cartilaginous model of the future bone
Growth plate
cartilage between ossification centers
____ –> cartilage –> bone
mesenchyme
Describe the normal long bone structure/its parts
Diaphysis: central portion
Metaphysis: between diaphysis and epiphysis
Epiphysis: end of long bones
What part of the long bone contains growth plates?
epiphysis
Why are children more prone to osteomyelitis than adults?
children have a richer blood supply (or is it the other way around? the pic makes me think it might be but I cannot tell from the wording…)
How is mature bone different than growing bone?
- epiphyseal plate stopped growing
- metaphyseal vessels penetrate the cartilage plate
- transverse bars of bone separate the growth plate from the metaphysis
A family of diseases having in common mutations in the type I collagen genes.
OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA (“brittle bone diseases“)
Briefly describe the collagen defects assc with each type of OI (I-IV)
I. make too little pro-α1(1)
II. Pro-α1(1) is too short = collagen made but degraded intracellularly
III. Triple helix doesn’t form well
IV. Pro-α2(1) is too short
in what type of OI are bones break in utero or during birth, killing the child
II
= Pro-α1(1) is too short and collagen made but degraded intracellularly
In what type of OI do pts have normal statue, lax joints, and are hard of hearing?
type I = make too little pro-α1(1)
In what type of OI do pts have short stature and somewhat fragile bones?
type IV = Pro-α2(1) is too short
mode of inheritance for OI
autosomal dominant (type II may by AR or AD)
4 major clinical criteria for diagnosis of OI
2 of the following are needed for Dx:
- osteoporosis
- blue sclera
- dentingenesis imperfecta (=abnl teeth)
- premature otosclerosis (causes hearing loss)
characteristically associated with heritable disorders of connective tissue?
blue sclera OI > pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and Marfan disease >>> iron deficiency, rheumatoid arthritis, or myasthenia gravis
What causes the blue discoloring of the sclera?
thinning of the sclera allows the underlying choroid to become visible