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G5 - Cartilage & Bone Flashcards

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What is cartilage and what are its functions?

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Specialized connective tissue
Supports soft tissues, is the model for fetal bone formation, and involved in wound/fracture healing

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List some examples of cartilaginous movable joints.

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Articulate cartilage
Menisci

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List some examples of non-joint cartilaginous structures.

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Nose, ear, larynx, trachea, intervertebral discs

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Cartilage is vascular. T or F?

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False because it is not innervated —> gives it limited ability for repair

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This type of specialized connective tissue is compressible and resilient.

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Cartilage

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What is cartilage composed of?

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Fibers, ECM with lots of water, contains an anionic charge (acidic)

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What are the red arrows pointing at?

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Cartilage plates, which are areas of new bone growth

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What is the extracellular matrix of cartilage made up of?

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Collagen II, aggrecan (proteoglycans), chondronectin (structural glycoproteins)

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What are each of the arrows pointing at?

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Black arrow = aggrecan (proteoglycan)
Yellow arrow = hyaluronic acid
Green arrow = Collagen type II

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What cells are found in cartilage and what is the difference between them?

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Chondroblasts - young cells that divide and produce ECM
Chondrocytes - mature cells that can also divide

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What is an isogenous unit?

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A cluster of chondrocytes

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Where do chondrocytes live in cartilage?

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Lacunae

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What is perichondrium? What are its qualities?

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Dense connective tissue surrounding cartilage of developing bone

Fibrous, cellular, is vascular so has ability to repair

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How is cartilage formed?

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Undifferentiated mesenchymal cells —> differentiate into chondroblasts —> chondroblasts secrete components of ECM (aggrecan and Collagen II) —> eventually get embedded in matrix, forming chondrocytes within lacunae

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What is circled in red with the black arrow pointing to it? What is the other black arrow pointing at?

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Chondrocyte (can tell is newer because has euchromatic nucleus)
Collagen type II

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What are territorial and interterritorial matrix? What is the difference between the two?

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Territorial = cartilage closer to chondrocytes
Interterritorial = cartilage further from chondrocytes

Territorial stains darker than interterritorial because it has a higher concentration of GAGs, making it basophilic

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17
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What is appositional vs interstitial growth?

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Both refer to growth of cartilage, but appositional occurs because of the presence of the perichondrium whereas interstitial occurs from chondrocytes within cartilage

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What are the different types of cartilage? What is the composition of each?

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Hyaline (glassy) - collagen type II and proteoglycans
Elastic - elastic fibers (ex. Ear, epiglottis)
Fibrocartilage - collagen I (important for mechanics)

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What type of cartilage is shown here?

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Hyaline

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What type of cartilage is shown on the left? What about the right?

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Elastic cartilage
Fibrocartilage

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What type of cartilage does not have perichondrium?

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Fibrocartilage

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What is articular cartilage? What nourishes it?

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Hyaline cartilage at joints
Nourished by synovial fluid, since it has no perichondrium

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23
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Can articular cartilage heal from damage well?

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No because it has no perichondrium so superficial lesions don’t heal

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What type of cartilage is shown here? What is the square encasing? What is the blue star showing? The red star? What is scribbled out in black?=

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Articular cartilage
Chondrocytes
Synovial fluid
Bone marrow cavity
Synovial joint cavity

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What will happen if you have a low amount of chondrocytes?

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Low amount of matrix synthesized and you have damage to cartilage

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What is osteoarthritis?

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Form of cartilage and bone degeneration from mechanical wear and tear

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27
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What is rheumatoid arthritis?

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Occurs when cells of the immune system produce factors that damage cartilage

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28
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What is eburnation and when does it occur?

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Rubbing of bones together, is seen in rheumatoid arthritis patients when cartilage between bones is worn down

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29
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What does bone do?

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Supports and protects fleshy structures and organs, holds calcium and phosphate, houses bone marrow which is the source of our immune cells, vascular function, is constantly remodeling (metabolically active)

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30
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Does bone experience interstitial growth?

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No, no growth from within bone

31
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What are the different types of cells found in bone? What do they do?

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Osteoblasts - form bone (on surface of bone)
Osteocytes - surrounded by bone matrix in lacunae
Osteoclasts - always on the surface, multinucleated and resorb bone (aka release calcium)

32
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Do osteocytes divide?

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No, so you will never find 2 osteocytes together in bone matrix

33
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What are shown here?

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Left arrows - osteoblasts
Right arrows - osteocytes

34
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You are observing some osteoblasts and notice that they are big and columnar. Are they inactive or active?

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Active

35
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What is osteoid? What is a major part of it?

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The organic component of bone synthesized by osteoblasts, collagen type I

36
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What is shown in yellow square? What are the black arrows pointing at? What is circled in white?

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Osteoblasts, osteocyte, osteoclast

37
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What is Howship’s lacuna/resorption bay?

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The depression that occurs on the surface of bone when an osteoclast is resorbing bone

38
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What is shown in yellow?

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Osteoid

39
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What is bone matrix mainly made of?

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Mostly calcium and hydroxyapatite

40
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How do osteocytes communicate with each other?

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They use canaliculi which contain the cell processes of the cells and they specifically communicate using gap junctions

41
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What is shown here?

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This ground up bone shows lacunae that osteocytes used to occupy and canilaculi projections

42
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What do matrix metalloproteases do?

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They break down organic matrix (osteoid)

43
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What happens to osteoclasts after they’re formed?

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They are sealed to surface of bone
Using carbonic anhydrase they create carbonic acid, release H ions into area between sealant and rest of cell which creates a highly acidic environment and can lead to bone resorption

44
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Where do osteoblasts originate?

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From mesenchymal stem cells

45
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Where do osteoclasts originate from?

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PTH released and acts indirectly on monocyte from bone marrow whose RANKL binds to RANK receptor on osteoclast precursor —> mature osteoclast —> bone resorption —> increased Ca2+ levels

46
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What is osteoid composed of?

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Collage type I, osteocalcin, osteoid tin, osteopontin

47
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This cell type has Vit D receptor and PTH receptor.

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Osteoblast

48
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What is M-CSF?

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A growth factor that promotes formation of osteoclasts

49
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What is osteocalcin?

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Protein essential for mineralization of bone

50
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What does vitamin D do to osteoblasts?

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It increases levels of osteocalcin which helps mineralize osteoid

51
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What hormones affect osteoclasts?

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PTH - its release increases number and activity of the clasts
Calcitonin - its release does the opposite

52
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Which of the hormones that affect osteoclasts works directly?

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Calcitonin - directly binds to receptors on osteoclasts

53
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Which of the hormones that affect osteoclasts works indirectly?

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PTH - acts on osteoblasts

54
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What are the different types of bone organization?

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Primary (woven) - immature
Secondary (lamellar) - mature, 80% is compact and 20% is spongy

55
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What type of bone organization is shown?

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Woven bone

56
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What type of bone is shown here and what are each of the arrows pointing at?

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Secondary/lamellar bone
Red - compact/cortical bone
Blue - cancellous/spongy bone

57
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Where is cancellous/spongy bone usually found?

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The ends of long bone

58
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What are osteons?

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The structures that mature bones are organized into

59
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These are columns running along the long axis of long bones and have lamellar concentric circles around a main channel.

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Osteons

60
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What is a Haversian canal?

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The central opening of an osteon that contains BVs and nerves

61
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What are Volkmann canals?

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They are openings perpendicular to the long axis of osteons that connect osteons

62
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What are lamellae?

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Layers of bone matrix

63
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What are the arrows pointing at?

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Haversian canals

64
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Which is better for viewing live tissue? Decalcified or ground bone? What about for viewing osteons?

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Decalcified
Ground

65
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What are the different regions of an adult long bone?

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Epiphysis at ends and diaphysis with marrow cavity in middle. Metaphysis is the transition space between the other two.

66
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What is diploë?

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Trabecular/cancellous/spongy bone found between two plates of compact bone that make up the skull, it houses bone marrow

67
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What is the top red arrow pointing at? What about the one on the right?

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Diploë
Plate

68
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What is periosteum?

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Dense layer of vascular connective tissue that surrounds bone (except at joints)

69
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What would you expect to see within outer periosteum?

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More fibrous tissue

70
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What would you expect to see within inner periosteum?

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Osteoprogenitor cells potentially as it is more active

71
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What is endosteum?

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Thin layer of tissue that lines the inside of bones, including the Haversian canal

72
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ID each structure shown here.

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Left - synovial cavity
Top right - ligament, second - fibrous joint capsule, third - synovial membrane, fourth and fifth - articular/hyaline cartilage covering bone ends

73
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What is shown here?

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Synovial joint and light purple is articular cartilage

74
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What does synovial membrane do?

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Secretes synovial fluid that lines all spaces in the joint capsule, except for the articular cartilage, and sometimes extends in unexpected spaces (bursae)

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