Histo Flashcards
the majority of cartilage in the body is what kind of cartilage
hyaline
hyaline cartilage has what type collagen
II


what area is made up of specialized fibroblasts that will turn into cells that will make cartilage
- perichondrium
Chondroblasts that surround themselves in cartilage that they make are referred to as
chondrocytes


what type of cartilage?
type ___ collagen
what is the P

- elastic cartilage
- type II cartilage
- perichondrium
type ___ collagen

type I

bone is type ___ collagen
type I
each lacuna contains a _________
osteocyte


caniculi connect via
gap junctions




what kind of bone is this

compact bone






what happens in zone of proliferation
chondrocytes make cartilage matrix
what happens in zone of hypertrophy
cells blow up but leave behind cartilage matrix












what type of cartilage occurs in the external ear, external auditory canal, epiglottis, parts of laryngeal cartilages, and walls of Eustachian tubes
basically the fucking ear
- elastic
elasticity of elastic fibers derived from the presence of numerous bundles of branching ______ in the cartilage matrix
elastic fibers
GROUNDBREAKING…
what is a major constituent of the cartilage matrix and makes up the bulk of the perichondrium
collagen
compact bone is organzed as rougly parallel cylindrical units called ______
- osteons
alternating dark and light bands of the ____ signify different orientation of the collagen fibers in the concentric layers of the organic matrix of the bone
- osteon
epiphyseal growth plate is composed of _____ cartilage
- hyaline
remnants of the mineralized cartilage on which bone matrix is deposited are ____ whereas trabeculae of newly-formed bone are ______
- basophilic
- acidophilic
osteoblasts and osteoclasts are large multinucleated ____ cells on the surface of the bone
- acidophilic
bone-line cells aer flattened _____ cells on the surface of the bone
- basophilic





























