Metabolic Disease Flashcards
What is the epiphysis?
The end of a long bone that is composed of cancellous bone and thin cortical bone
What is the diaphysis?
Center or shaft of long bone that consists of the medullary (marrow) cavity with less cancellous bone and a thick cortex
What is the metaphysis?
A transition zone between diaphysis and epiphysis that is composed primarily of cancellous bone
What is the physis?
It is the epiphyseal growth plate in skeletally immature and consists of the epiphysis and metaphysis
What is articular cartilage?
Hyaline cartilage covering cortical joint surfaces of epiphysis
What is periosteum?
Specialized connective fibrous tissue with osteogenic potential that covers bone but is absent in joint spaces and at attachment sites of tendons or ligaments
What is endosteum?
Inner lining of diaphysis and of cancellous bone, has osteogenic potential
What is enthesis?
Fibrous or fibrocartilaginous insertion of a tendon or ligament to bone
What is osteoid?
Unmineralized immature, rapidly formed, but poorly organized bone matrix (organic matrix + collagen type I) with high numbers of active osteoblasts
What is woven bone?
Mineralized immature, formed rapidly, but poorly organized bone matrix with a high number of active osteoblasts
What is the star?
Osteoid
What is the arrow?
Woven bone
What is lamellar bone?
Mineralized mature bone that is formed slowly from collagen type I arranged in parallel fibers in response to mechanical stress
What are the two subtypes of lamellar bone?
1) cortical/compact bone: longitudinal, circumferential, and concentric collagen type I lamella formed by constant remodeling in response to mechanical stress
2) cancellous/spongy bone: formed by enchondral ossification, lamella of collagen type I aligned longitudinally in response to mechanical stress
What type of bone is this?
Lamellar bone
What does bone matrix consist of?
Inorganics: calcium phosphate mostly
Organic matrix: mostly type I collagen and growth factors
What are osteoblasts?
Cells of bone that are derived from mesenchymal stem cells under influence of growth factors
What is the function of osteoblasts?
1) produce matrix proteins and initiate mineralization
2) has cell surface receptors for PTH, insulin-like growth factor-1, vitamin D, and estrogen receptors
What are osteocytes?
They are bone cells that are derived from osteoblasts and incorporated into bone. They are the most common bone-formingcell and they communicate through canaliculi within osteon units.
What is the function of osteocytes?
1) important in regulating Ca2+ and PO4-
2) mechanicalforces cause transcriptional activation of cAMP pathways within osteocytes resulting in remodeling of bone
What are osteoclasts?
Bone marrow derived monocyte lineage. Progenitor cells with RANK receptors upregulate osteoclast-related genes when RANK-L bindstoreceptor.
What does osteoprotegrin do?
It is produced by osteoblasts to block RANK:RANK-L interactions and prevent osteoclast activation.
What do osteoclasts do?
1) responsible for bone resorption (undoes the work of osteoblasts)
2) bind to bone and form “resorption pits” (Howship lacunae) where they acidify extracellular space to release minerals and secrete digestive enzymes to dissolve organic matrix and also release growth factors/cytokines to stimulate osteoblasts to balance bone formation and destruction
What is the resting zone in a growthplate?
First zone with inactive chondrocytes