Lecture 20 Flashcards
Cartilage and bone are specialized connective tissues called ________
Skeletal tissues
Skeletal tissues are rigid – primary function is _________
Structural support
Identify
Identify
Mammalian cartilages are typically ______
Avascular
ECM promotes diffusion – hydrated by _________ and strengthened by _________
Ground substance, collagens
What does ground substance contain
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and
proteoglycans
What is the cartilage cell and what does it do
Chondrocyte, secretes and maintains ECM
What does the chondrocyte secrete
GAG’s, procollagens
Identify
Identify
Identify
Look/ ECM/ functions/ distribution of Hyaline cartilage
Look/ ECM/ functions/ distribution of Elastic cartilage
Look/ ECM/ functions/ distribution of fibrocartilage cartilage
What is a form of hyaline cartilage that degenerates with age
Articular cartilage
Early degeneration of articular cartilage shows what
Fibrillation
Progressive degeneration of articular cartilage causes what
Osteoarthritis
What is cauliflower ear from
Blunt force trauma to ear causes hematoma (blood pool) and separation of perichondrium from cartilage
When damaged, cartilage has ___________
Limited regenerative ability
What does a tear in the fibrocartilage annulus fibrosis cause
Herniated intervertebral disc
Facts about herniated intervertebral disc
Elastic cartilage thats damaged can turn into what
Cauliflower ear
Fibrocartilage thats damaged can turn into what
Herniated intervertebral disc
Mammalian bone is typically _________
with capillaries enclosed by a network of
_________
Vascularized, vascular canals
Unlike cartilage, bone has _________
High oxygen needs
Bone is mineralized which ______________ and acts as a ________________
Strengthens the skeleton, acts as a calcium store
The osteocyte maintains the ___________,
_________ ECM as needed
Mineralized ECM, depositing and resorbing ECM
Bone- Molecular exchange occurs through tiny
interconnected tunnels in ECM called
_______
Canaliculi.
Osteocytes extend processes into canaliculi to connect with neighbors for communication and ___________.
Exchange of nutrients and wastes
Identify arrows
What is an osteoprogenitor cell
Unipotent stem cell that replenishes osteoblasts