Exam 3: Bone Tissue Flashcards
What are the most abundant mineral salts?
Calcium phosphate and calcium hydroxide
The mineral salts combine to form what?
Crystals of hydroxyapatite
What are the four cell types of bone tissue?
Osteogenic cells
Osteoblasts
Osteocytes
Osteoclasts
Stem cells that divide to give rise to osteoblasts
Osteogenic cells
Type of bone cell that mainly secretes collagen fiber and also initiate calcification
Osteoblasts
Process by which mineral salts are deposited, crystallize, and harden
Calcification
Mature osteoblasts that have become surrounded by the extracellular matrix that secrete as they continue the process of calcification
Osteocytes
Type of large bone cell produced by fusion of many monocytes (a type of WBC) whose ruffled border secretes digestive enzymes (degrades collagen fibers) and acids (degrades mineral salts)
Osteoclasts
Process that degrades and removes mineral salts and collagen fibers by osteoclasts; and where old bone tissue is being broken down.
Bone resorption
Two types of bone tissue
Compact bone
Spongy bone
(Both can be found within a single bone)
Type of bone tissue that have few open spaces w/in the extracellular matrix and organized units called OSTEONS
Compact bone
Type of bone tissue that have many open spaces w/in the extracellular matrix and organized units called TRABECULAE
Spongy bone
Remember:
Compact bone ->
Spongy bone ->
Compact bone -> osteons
Spongy bone -> trabeculae
Parts of the osteon
- central (haversian) canal
- concentric lamellae
- lacuna/e
- canaliculus/canaliculi
Part of the osteon that is the opening for blood vessels
Central (haversian) canal
rings of calcified extracellular matrix in bone tissue
Lamellae
Small spaces between lamellae in which osteocytes occur
Lacuna/lacunae
Small opening radiating from lacunae in which processes of the osteocytes lie
Canaliculus/canaliculi
Difference between osteons and trabeculae
Trabeculae have all parts like the compact bone (osteons) but it doesn’t have central canals