May24 M1-Histo 3 Flashcards
def of bone remodelling
balance between
- bone adding by osteoblasts
- bone resorption by osteoclasts
balance of bone remodelling during skeletal growth
bone deposition exceeds bone resorption
balance of bone remodelling during adulthood
bone deposition = bone resorption
balance of bone remodelling during during old age
bone resorption exceeds bone deposition. this also occurs earlier in osteoporosis
end result of bone resorption exceeding bone deposition
loss of skeletal mass
what induces bone remodelling
fatigue damage in the bone. resulting in these events:
- accumulation of microcraks in the mineralized ECM
- osteocytes mechanosensory network senses this damage
- osteocytes signal for bone remodelling to replace these microcracks with new bone
why bone remodelling is needed to repair microcracks
too many microcracks lead to bone fracture
skeletal cell types involved in bone remodelling and in initiating it
- initiated by osteoclasts
- involves all cell types
2 mechanisms of bone remodelling
- stochastic process (random): prevent bone age from exceeding an acceptable level. = random bone replacmeent
- directed process: removes bone that is in some way defective from a specific location (OSTEOCYTES SENSING MICROCRACKS AND REPLACING DEFECTIVE PARTS)
in the adult skeleton, what creates the demand for osteoblasts
bone resorption
in the adult skeleton, what creates the demand for osteoclasts
the different purposes of bone remodelling
what allows growth of long bones during endochondral bone formation (endochondral ossification)
cartilage. it persists in
- articular surface (hyaline cartilage and perichondrium)
- epiphyseal plate (perichondrium on both sides so will be persistent perichondrium, the one responsible for bone growth)
what happens to woven bone in the diaphysis of long bones during development
developmental remodelling
- woven bone is replaced by compact lamellar bone (the epiphyseal plate is responsible for this growth in length)
- during adulthood, growth continues as a radial growth
why woven bone in diaphysis of long bones initially (first in development)
bcause first step in endochondral bone formation is intramembranous ossification
longitudinal growth vs radial growth of bone
- longitudinal growth = on bone length
- radial growth = on bone diameter (deposition on periosteal surface and resorption on endosteal surface)
4 stages of RADIAL growth of the diaphysis of long bone
- early foetal life (formation of woven trabecular bone)
- late foetal life (last step where you see woven trabecular immature bone with disorganized collagen)
- childhood
- adulthood
composition of bone in early and late fetal life + where osteoblasts and osteocytes are found in this bone
- trabecules of primary bone only (woven) formed by periosteal intramembranous ossification
- osteoblasts on periphery of the trabecules
- osteocytes within the trabecules
in early and late fetal bone, what is between the trabecules
CT and blood vessels
early and late fetal bone origin + structure
trabecules + CT lined on one side by periosteum (the origin of this intramembranous ossification) and on the other side by endosteum definitive, organizing endosteum.
diff things happening to bone between late foetal life and childhood
- woven bone replaced by lamellar bone
- Volkman’s canals penetrate through the periosteum and and get through the endosteum
- Volkman’s canals have blood vessels and osteoprogenitor cells, osteoblasts and osteoclasts with them
how can Volkman’s canal tunnel through the bone as you transition into childhood
bone resorption
what do Volkman’s canals do after they penetrated through woven bone perpendicularly
- will eventually turn 90 degrees and follow the direction of bone
- this creates big cavities occupied by osteoclasts
cells that Volkman’s canals (and anything penetrating through endostium and periostium) bring with them
- osteoprogenitor cells
- osteoblasts
- osteocytes
what happens to cavities created by Volkman’s canals in woven bone of late foetal life
replaced by lamellar bone and Haversian systems. these will replace woven bone
histology of bone in childhood
- concentric bone lamellae (Hav systems) formed in spaces between the woven bone trabecules
- primary bone progressively disappears because of OSTEOCLASTS
histology of COMPACT bone in adulthood
- is lamellar bone only
- this lamellar bone is constantly restructured by dissolution and replacement of osteons (by osteon reconstruction)
example of pattern you may expect to see in adult compact bone
- some big canals originating from Volkman’s canal turning and following bone length eventually
- these canals had osteoblasts which produced all the lamellar bone.
- this concentric production of lamellar bone by osteoblasts near the canal creates Haversian systems
charact of immature Haversian system
- wider middle canal
- surrounded by dividing osteoblasts which produce ECM and lamellar bone
- osteocytes getting trapped between the lamella
- osteoblasts and osteocytes continue to grow towards the center and system being formed layer by layer
- the Haversian canal is becoming smaller with less vessels in it
charact of mature Haversian system
- small Hav canal with one only blood vessel (capillary) in it for nutrition
- a cementing line surrounding the Hav system is produced (seals the whole thing)
- divison of osteoblasts, grow to the center, formation of Hav system and lamella
when does the formation of the circumferential lamellae occur
near the end of skeletal growth
how formation of circumferential lamellae occurs
- periosteum adds sheets of bone wrapping outside
- they have the form of concentric lamellae that encircle the bone (and surround the compact Hav bone layer (cortical bone))
- surrounding = outer circumferential lamellae
- endosteum does the same thing to do the inner circumferential lamellae
at the end of skeletal growth, what happens to the central mixed spicules formed by endochondral ossification and that are present near the metaphysis and the epiphysis
- remodeled to form a spongy trabecular cancellous bone network with trabecules (spicules) of lamellar bone only with no cartilage core (initially had core remnant from growth plate)
- this bone replaces the cartilaginous epiphyseal plate to make an EPIPHYSEAL SCAR that persists in adult bone
in the adult bone, where do you find hyaline cartilage
ONLY at the extremities of the bone as articular cartilage
directions of bone growth and shaping after late fetal life in the epiphyseal plate
- growth in length (chondrogenesis)
- radial growth at the level of the metaphysis (due to addition of hyaline cartilage to the perichondrium). funnel formation.