Exam 2 Flashcards
What are the 4 components to the skeletal system?
1: Bone
2: Cartilage (Hyaline, Elastic, and Fibrocartilage)
3: Tendons (muscle to bone)
4: Ligaments (holds bones together)
What is the connective tissue type for bone and cartilage?
Supportive CT!
What type of connective tissue is seen in Tendons and Ligaments?
Dense regular CT!
Tendons versus Ligaments?
Tendons: Attach muscle to bone
Ligaments: Hold bones together
Where is red bone marrow found and what does it do?
It is found on the ends of the bones and this is what makes RBCs
Where is yellow bone marrow found and what does it do?
It’s stored in the shaft of the bone and it stores fat
-the fat escaping to the bloodstream so why we worry about fractured bones and blot clots
Where is Hyaline Cartilage found?
In the embryonic skeleton it later becomes bone (hard bc lots of COLLAGEN)
-ends of bones (to prevent friction when bones rub)
Where is Elastic Cartilage found?
External ear and epiglottis
-lots of ELASTIN, soft and flexible!
Where is Fibrocartilage found?
1: Pubic Symphysis: where pubic bones attach (spread for childbirth)
2: Knee Meniscus: stop bone from grinding on bone
3: Intervertebral Discs: cushioning between vertebrae and maintains height
What fiber makes up Fibrocartilage and Hyaline cartilage?
Collagen!
What are the two types of Cartilage growth?
1: Appositional: new matrix is secreted on the external face of Existing Cartilage (grows from the outside)
2: Interstitial: Chondrocytes divide and make new matrix (cells divide inside, expanding Cartilage from within)
What two things are present in the Bone/ Bone matrix to keep it strong?
1: Collagen = flexible strength (if you lose it bone becomes BRITTLE)
2: Minerals (hydroxyapetite)= Weight bearing strength (if you lose it bone become BENDY)
What are the three types of bone cells?
1: Osteoblasts (build up)
2: Osteocytes (maintain)
3: Osteoclasts (break down)
What does Ossification mean?
Hardening of the bone!
What do Osteoblasts do?
Builds bone from Hyaline cartilage
-lays down new bone on surface APPOSITIONAL
How do Osteoblasts and Osteocytes come to be?
Osteochondral progenitor cells (stem cells): give rise to Osteoblasts who build and become Osteocytes
What do Osteocytes do?
They maintain the matrix!
-they make up 90-95% Bone cells and live for 25 years (bc the goal is to maintain)
-found in the Lacunae, communicate via Canaliculi
What are Osteoclasts?
They arise in the red bone marrow “the bone makes its own destruction”
-They break down the bone matrix and help the body reabsorb it!
-puts calcium into blood
What are the three conditions in which Ossification occurs?
1: As a fetus
2: When grow
3: When repair fracture
What are the two steps/types of bones that are being ossified?
1: Woven bone: formed 1st by osteoblasts. WEAK due to random placement of Collagen
2: Lamellar Bone: Formed by osteoblasts to build stronger, more permanent bone. Arranged in LAMELLAE layers, parallel arrangement = Strong
What is Lamellae?
When bone layers are arranged in concentric sheets/layers
-parallel arrangement= strong
What are the two Final Bone types?
1: Spongy Bone= appears porous, with more space (by red bone marrow at the end of bone)
2: Compact Bone = More bone matrix, dense, solid outer layer. Full of compact OSTEON units and concentric rings of Lamellae
Diaphysis versus Epiphysis?
Diaphysis: Main shaft of bone, composed on Compact bone, Medullary cavity in the center
Epiphysus: Ends, mostly Spongy bone, covered in articular cartilage
What is articular cartilage?
Hyaline cartilage on ends of bones to protect against friction when rubbing
Epiphyseal Plate verses Epiphyseal Line?
Found in Epiphysis, between 2 parts.
-where growth occurs as child
-once becomes Epiphyseal Line =adult and no more growth
Red versus Yellow bone marrow?
Red= gives rise to blood cells (R,W, and P) in Epiphyses
Yellow = (adipose) in Diaphysis
What are the 4 layers of Bone?
1: Endosteum: Inner surface= bone cells
2: Periostem: outer surface of bone
3: Dense irregular CT: same as underlying portion of the skin
4: Sharpey’s/ Perforating Fibers: attaches Periostem to actual bone
What is the makeup of a Flat bone type?
“Spongy bone sandwhich”
-spongy bone =mid
-compact bone = outer sided
(Ex: cranium)
What are the two ways to make Flat and Long bones in Utero?
Intramembraneous: makes Flat (turns Fibrous CT to flat bone at 8 weeks-2years old)
Endochondral: turns Hyaline Cartilage into Long bone
-embryo at 8 weeks in some parts, 18-20 years old at other parts
What are the steps to Intramembraneous/ flat bone Ossification once flat bone has been made?
1: Osteoblast Formation: Mesenchymal cells -> stem cells -> Osteoblasts (lay down bone matrix -> Osteocytes (maintain).
-Trabeculae of Woven bone develops (1st step = weak, random collagen placement)
2: Spongy bone formation: osteoblasts make Trabeculae surface larger and longer
-Trabeculae join together to form Spongy Bone
3:Compact Bone Formation: Red bone marrow forms, as does Periosteum.
-Osteoblasts from Periosteum lay down bone to make Compact bone
Creates: Bone with outer compact bone and spongy bone in the center! “Spongy sandwhich”
In Intramembraneous (flat bone) ossification which type of bone is made first?
Spongy bone! (Located in the middle)
What is the general/summed up process of Intramembraneous Ossification? (For flat bone)
Ossification centers expand to form bone. Centers have the oldest bone, Edges have the youngest.
“Start building in the middle and work our way out”
What are Fontanels?
Soft spots found on flat bones! Not fully protected yet
(Ex: soft spot on babies head)
-become bone at 22 month, allows for brain growth and easier birth
What are the steps to Endochondral Ossification? (Long bone formation)
1: Cartilage Model Formation (cartilage made in diaphysis)
2: Bone Collar Formation (lay down bone to make bone collar, make cavity in middle)
3: Primary Ossification Center (lay down bone, turn cartilage in Diaphysis into spongy bone)
4:secondary Ossification center (in Epiphyses form spongy bone on bone ends)
5: Adult Bone (Epiphyseal plate turns to line)
What occurs in step 1 of Endochondral ossification? (Cartilage model formation)
Mesenchymal cells -> osteoprogenitor cells -> chondroblasts -> Chondrocytes -> Hyaline Cartilage model for bone
What occurs in step 2 of Endochondral ossification? (Bone Collar Formation)
In Diaphysis, osteoblasts lay down compact bone on cartilage model surface = bone collar.
-grows inside and outside
-Calcifies cartilage
-no blood supply so matrix breaks down and becomes hollowed out in middle
What occurs in step 3 of Endochondral ossification? (Primary Ossification Center)
Primary Ossification center forms as osteoblasts lay down bone on calcified cartilage surface
-osteoblasts change calcified cartilage of Diaphysis into Spongy Bone, then remove center to form Medullary cavity for red bone marrow
What occurs in step 4 of Endochondral ossification? (Secondary ossification center)
Created in Epiphyses, forms Epiphyses of bones (last appears in clavicle of 18-20 y/o)
- continual cartilage turn to bone
What occurs in step 5 of Endochondral ossification? (Adult bone)
Mature bone (spongy and compact are fully developed)
-Epiphyseal plate becomes Epiphyseal Line!
Where do bones grow?
At the Epiphyseal Plate (connects Diaphysis to Epiphysis)
What end does bone expand from?
It expands at BOTH ends!
-bone is added to Diaphysis via Calcification
-Epiphyseal ends are pushed out to become longer
rates of growth is equal for both sides
What happens once bone reaches normal adult size? When does this occur?
It stops growing, the Epiphyseal Plate = Ossifies into the Epiphyseal Line!
-damage to plate before this may interfere with bone length
-occurs from age 12-25
Does remodeling occur continuously within the skeleton?
Yes! Some bones may be long lasting if nothing goes wrong, but usually the entire skeleton is replaced every 10 years
What are the 2 factors that affect gene expression of bone growth?
1: Nutrition (need vitamin C and D)
2: Hormones (especially growth hormone)
What are the two things that can go wrong with nutrition and effect bone growth?
1: Vitamin D deficiency
-we need it to absorb Calcium from intestines
-can get from diet and from sun
- Rickets= lack of Vitamin D in kids
-Osteomalacia = lack of Vitamin D in adults
2: Vitamin C deficiency
-needed for Osteoblasts to make Collagen
-Scurvy = caused by no vitamin C
What are the 3 diseases caused by vitamin deficiencies?
1: Rickets
-caused by low vitamin D in kids
-bowed knees, joint inflammation
2: Osteomalacia
-low D in adults
-softened bones
3: Scurvy
-low vitamin C
-ulcers, hemorrhages, poor wound healing, teeth fall out
How do Hormones affect bone growth?
1: growth hormone (too much = giantism, too little = dwarfism)
2: Thyroid hormones
3: Reproductive hormones (start growth in women earlier than men)
What cells run bone deposit (like in times of injury or needing extra bone strength)?
Osteoblasts!
What do osteoclasts mediate?
Breaking down to bone matrix where less stress is inflicted on the bone
With what type of feedback loop is bone breakdown/ deposit controlled?
Negative feedback! Blood calcium levels dictate this
Calcitonin versus PTH?
Calcitonin: activates osteoblasts to deposit more bone matrix! “Calcitonin = bone in!”
PTH: activates osteoclasts to break down bone and release calcium into the bloodstream
What’s Wolff’s law?
Bones remodel in response to the force/stress placed upon it!
“Use it or lose it”!
How do Hormonal and Mechanical stress both work to handle bone remodeling?
Hormonal = determines WHETHER and WHEN remodeling will occur (in response to changing blood calcium levels) no signal= no remodeling
Mechanical= determines WHERE remodeling occurs
What are the 3 examples of mechanisms of fracture?
1: Trauma
2: Pathologic (disease made bone brittle and easy to brake)
3: Periprosthetic (previously fixed area with rod broken again)
Closed versus open tissue damage?
Closed = bone still in place
Open = bone through skin surface
What does it mean if a bone is displaced?
The Bone ends are not aligned!
What does a linear fracture mean?
The cut in the bone is parallel to bone length (in line with the bone)
What does a spiral fracture mean?
The cut is the bone is twisting across the bone
-possibility of displacement or open wound
What does an Avulsion mean?
Bone fragment!
What does a stress/hairline fracture mean?
From overuse!
What does an incomplete fracture mean?
The cut goes through one area but not through whole bone
What does a complete fracture mean?
The cut goes through the bone completely
What does a comminuted fracture mean?
The bone is shattered into a bunch of little pieces
What is a green stick fracture?
In kids, when one side breaks and the other bends
What are the 4 steps to repair damage to a bone?
1: Hematoma formation (4 days: blood clot)
2: Fibrocartilage Callus formation (Fibrocartilage forms temporary splint)
3: Bony callus formation (2 months: spongy bone formation)
4: Remodeling (several months: final compact bone replaces spongy bone)
Do bones heal with the same strength they had before the break!
No! When a bone heals from a break it is stronger (has extra padding) in area of fracture than it did before!
How is a fracture healed?
ends together by manual manipulation to get them into alignment
-immobilization 8-12 weeks and cast
How is an open fracture repaired?
Surgery performed, ends held together by pins
-Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) (fixing it inside)
-External fixation: used when ORIF is too dangerous
What is Paget’s disease?
-high ratio of woven to compact bone (lots of weak bones)
-osteoblasts form irregular bone thickness
-affects women and men over 40, and affects the spine, pelvis, femur, and skull
What is osteoporosis?
Weakened/ porous bone which leads to deformity and prone to fracture
-more likely in women (bone density decrease at 40)
What are some of the causes of osteoporosis?
-decreased reproductive hormone level
-inadequate dairy/vitamin D intake
-Sedentary
-hysterectomy
-smoking
-proton pump inhibitor use for 5 years
How to diagnose Osteoporosis?
DEXA scan! (Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry)
Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis?
Prevent: calcium and vitamin D, weight bearing exercises
Treatment: Osteoclast inhibitors (biphosphonates), estrogen meds, calcitonin replacement, yearly shot