Ossification Flashcards
Perichondrium
Double-layered connective tissue sheath covering most cartilage
Lacuna
Cartilage, singular. Chondrocyte occupies a lacuna
Articulate cartilage
Hyaline cartilage that covers bones at joints. Has no perichondrium blood vessels or nerves
Appositional growth
Chondroblasts in perichondrium add new cartilage to outside edge of existing cartilage
Interstitial growth
Chondrocytes within tissue divide and add more matrix between existing cells
Hydroxyapatite
65% of bone. Inorganic. Calcium phosphate crystal.
Ruffled boarder
Osteoclasts. SpecialIzed reabsorption area
Lacunae
Plural, bone networking. Osteocytes
Canaliculi
Spaces occupied by osteocyte processes. Little canals
Osteochondral progenitor cells
Stem cells that become either osteoblasts or Chondroblasts
Woven bone
Random colleges fibers. Appear in fetal development and bone repair.
Lamellar bone
Mature bone organized in thin sheets
Trabeculae
Spongy bone. Interconnecting rods or plates. Spaces filled with marrow and vessels
Central canals
Parallel to axis of bone. Lined with endosteum and contain blood vessels nerves and connective tissue
Concentric lamellae
Circular layers of matrix that surround a central canal