SM_233a: Metabolic Disease Flashcards

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Describe the normal skeletal system

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Normal skeletal system

  • 60-70% is inorganic matrix (calcium hydroxyapatite)
  • 30% is composed of organic elements (90% collagen type I) including osteocalcin (most abundant noncollagen protein/important for bone mineralization and acts as serum marker of bone formation and density)
  • Numerous growth factors including osteoblast-activating Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-beta) and bone morphogenic protein (BMP)
  • Cellular components: osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts
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Outside of bone is made of _____ bone while inside is made of _____

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Outside of bone is made of cortical/lamellar bone while inside is made of spongy/trabecular/cancellous bone

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Describe intramembranous bone formation

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Intramembranous bone formation

  • Develops from collagen (collagen modeled bone)
  • Forms flat bones of skull and clavicles
  • Periosteal osteoprogenitor cells form osteoblasts and responsible for prepubertal thickening of cortex and bone widening (appositional bone growth)
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Describe enchondral bone formation

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Enchondral bone formation

  • Develops from epiphyseal cartilage of the growth plate (cartilage modeled bone)
  • Forms appendicular and axial skeleton and responsible for prepubertal bone lengthening
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Enchondral bone formation is responsible for development of _____ skeleton

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Enchondral bone formation is responsible for development of appendicular skeleton

(perturbations/arrest in normal endochondral ossification lead to many congenital and metabolic bone diseases)

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____, ____, ____, and ____ stimulate cartilage growth in the zone of proliferation in enchondral bone formation

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IHH, PTHrP, BMP, and ILGF-1 stimulate cartilage growth in the zone of proliferation in enchondral bone formation

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____ inhibits cartilage growth in the zone of proliferation during enchondral bone formation

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FGF inhibits cartilage growth in the zone of proliferation during enchondral bone formation

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_____ and _____ are immature bone

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Osteoid and woven bone are immature bone

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____ is mature bone

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Lamellar bone is mature bone

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Osteoid is ______

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Osteoid is unmineralized poorly organized bone matrix (Type I collagen) formed rapidly

(immature, becomes adult bone once mineralized)

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Woven bone is _____

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Woven bone is mineralized immature bone formed rapidly and the main component of prepubertal bone

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Mineralized mature bone forms ____ and has ____ parallel ____ fibers and evenly distributed ____

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Mineralized mature bone forms slowly and has parallel collagen type I fibers (lamellae) and evenly distributed osteocytes

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Cortical (compact bone) involves _____, _____, and _____

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Cortical (compact bone) involves collagen first deposited in circumferential lamellae, dissipation of mechanical stress via osteon formation, and collagen deposition around Haversian canals as concentric lamellae

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Cancellous (spongy) bone is formed by ____ and involves deposition of ____

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Cancellous (spongy) bone is formed by enchondral ossification and involves deposition of collagen in longitudinal lamellae

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Cellular elements of bone are ____, ____, and ____

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Cellular elements of bone are osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts

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Describe osteoblasts

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Osteoblasts

  • Derived from mesenchymal stem cells & line surface of bone
  • Cell surface receptors include PTH, Vitamin D, estrogen, and others
  • Produce matrix proteins and type I collagen and initiate mineralization
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Describe osteocytes

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Osteocytes

  • Osteoblasts that are incorporated into mature bone (most common cells in bone)
  • Produce sclerostin: protein that inhibits further bone formation until osteocytes are stimulated
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Describe osteoclasts

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Osteoclasts

  • Multinucleated giant cells formed from monocytic progenitor cells in response to RANK-ligand secreted from osteoblasts and bone stromal cells
  • Responsible for bone resorption
  • Located in resorption pits / Howship’s lacunae
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Osteoblasts contain ____, while osteoclast precursors contain ____

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Osteoblasts contain RANK-L, while osteoclast precursors contain RANK

(binding together activates osteoclast so it can reabsorb bone)

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Binding of RANK-L from osteoblasts to RANK on osteoclast precursors ____

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Binding of RANK-L from osteoblasts to RANK on osteoclast precursors activates osteoclasts so they can reabsorb bone

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Describe the osteoclast resorption pit

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Osteoclast resorption pit

  • Forms a sealed acidified microenvironment in the resorption pits on the surface of bone
  • Ruffled membrane contains H+ ATPase (mutations in H+ ATPase are most common cause of osteopetrosis)
  • HCl mobilizes the mineral phase and proteinase cathepsin K degrades the organic matrix (type I collagen) -> releases minerals and growth factors from bone
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Mutations in the ____ in the osteoclast resorption pit are the most common cause of osteopetrosis

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Mutations in the H+ ATPase in the osteoclast resorption pit are the most common cause of osteopetrosis

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Balanced interaction between ____ and ____ ensures normal bone structure through appropriate ____ in response to mechanical stress

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Balanced interaction between osteclasts and osteblasts ensures normal bone structure through appropriate bone remodeling in response to mechanical stress

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Bone remodeling is ____

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Bone remodeling is a continuous process that dissipates bone stress throughout the life of the individual

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Bone remodeling in cortical bone involves ____

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Bone remodeling in cortical bone involves Haversian system with osteon formation

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Bone remodeling in cancellous bone involves ____

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Bone remodeling in cancellous bone involves activation of osteoclasts and resorption of bone in Howship’s lacuna, then reversal of cell type (osteoblasts replace osteoclasts) leading to bone formation

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Describe osteon formation in cortical bone

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Osteon formation in cortical bone

  • Osteons created in response to stress: aggregates of osteclasts form “cutting cones” and resorb bone (primary osteon) -> osteoblasts fill cavity with bone deposited in concentric lamellae
  • Osteocytes within rings of the osteon communicate through dendritic processes and regulate bone remodeling and mineral stores
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Describe bone remodeling in trabecular bone

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Bone remodeling in trabecular bone

  1. Activation of osteoclasts
  2. Resorption of bone in Howship’s lacuna
  3. Reversal of cell type to osteoblasts
  4. Bone formation
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Describe acute osteomyelitis

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Acute osteomyelitis

  • Caused mainly by bacterial infection resulting from hematogenous spread, contiguous spread from abscess or ulcer, direct inoculation of organism into bone, and ischemia (vascular insufficiency)
  • Staphylococcus aureus is most common infectious agent
  • Microscopically acute inflammatory cells are initimately associated with non-viable bone
  • Periosteum/endosteum responds by forming new bone (involucrum, star top) around dead infected bone
  • Managed by surgery and long course antibiotic therapy
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Categories of bone diseases include ____, ____, ____, ____, and ____

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Categories of bone diseases include abnormal matrix, too little matrix, too little mineralization, too much bone resorption, and too little bone resorption

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Osteogenesis imperfecta involves an _____ matrix

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Osteogenesis imperfecta involves an abnormal matrix

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Describe osteogenesis imperfecta

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Osteogenesis imperfecta

  • Defect in synthesis of Type I collagen: abnormal Type I collagen results in more serious disease than decreased synthesis of collagen
  • Excess callus formation after fractures
  • Blue sclera
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Osteogenesis imperfecta involves a defect in synthesis of _____, excess _____ formation after fractures, and _____

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Osteogenesis imperfecta involves a defect in synthesis of Type I collagen, excess callus formation after fractures, and blue sclera

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Osteoporosis has ____ matrix

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Osteoporosis has too little matrix

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Describe osteoporosis

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Osteoporosis

  • Bone that is histologically normal but decreased in quantity
  • ≥ 1 atraumatic fractures or low bone mineral density on DEXA
  • Can be localized: immobility, Sudeck’s atrophy, inflammatory focus around bone such as in rheumatoid arthritis
  • Generalized: senila and post menopausal osteoporosis
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Describe the pathogenesis of senile and postmenopausal osteoporosis

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Senile and postmenopausal osteoporosis pathogenesis

  • Depends upon initial bone density and subsequent loss of bone that occurs wirth age
  • Bone mass peaks in early adulthood
  • With aging, osteblasts lose ability to form new bone and growth factors lose potency
  • Bone loss accentuated by activation of osteoclasts
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Describe postmenopausal osteoporosis

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Postmenopausal osteoporosis

  • Estrogen deficiency upregulates osteoclastogenic factors and decreases OPG resulting in osteoclastogenesis
  • Affects bones with large surface area - fracture of vertebra and wrist
  • High-turnover: activity of osteoclasts > osteoblasts
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Describe senile osteoporosis

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Senile osteoporosis

  • Men and women > 70 years of age
  • Caused by osteoblasts having decreased reproductive/biosynthetic potential with age and growth factors in matrix losing potency
  • Fractures involve hip and vertebra
  • Low-turnover: activity of osteoblasts low, normally active osteoclasts
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Postmenopausal osteoporosis is _____-turnover, while senile osteoporosis is _____-turnover

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Postmenopausal osteoporosis is high-turnover, while senile osteoporosis is low-turnover

  • High-turnover osteoporosis: activity of osteoclasts > osteoblasts (which are active)
  • Low-turnover osteoporosis: activity of osteoblasts low, normally active osteoclasts
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Mucopolysaccharidoses are caused by mutations in ____, resulting in ____ and ____

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Mucopolysaccharidoses are caused by mutations in lysosomal enzymes that degrade glycosaminoglycans, resulting in their accumulation and cellular damage

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Describe clinical signs and symptoms of mucopolysaccharidoses

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Clinical signs and symptoms of mucopolysaccharidoses

  • Vary according to enzyme defect
  • Include cardiac valvular disease, mental retardation, hepatosplenomegaly, corneal clouding, umbilical/inguinal hernai, coarse facies, macroglossia, and enlarged gingiva
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Describe changes in bone and soft tissue in mucopolysaccharidoses

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Changes in bone and soft tissue in mucopolysaccharidoses

  • Fibroblasts (tendons/ligaments), chondrocytes, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts
  • Defects in enchondral ossification lead to short stature, kyphosis/scoliosis, odontoid hypoplasia with risk of spinal cord compression and hypoplastic teeth
  • Abnormal intramembranous ossification leads to macrocephaly
  • Abnormal bone remodeling and enchondral ossification result in osteoporosis
  • Accumulation of GAG in tendons/ligaments of joints induces inflammation resulting in periarticular fibrosis, joint stiffness and/or hypermobility, and later secondary osteoarthritis
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Vitamin D deficiency (rickets/osteomalacia) involves ____

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Vitamin D deficiency (rickets/osteomalacia) involves too little mineralization

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Describe Vitamin D deficiency (rickets / osteomalacia)

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Vitamin D deficiency (rickets / osteomalacia)

  • Lack of calcification of growth plate (rickets) or of osteoid to form new adult bone (osteomalacia)
  • Increased PTH and decreased serum phosphate stimulate Vitamin D synthesis -> negative feedback
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Metaphyseal flare is indicative of _____

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Metaphyseal flare is indicative of rickets

  • Vitamin D deficiency in children -> growth plate widens with cartilage
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Radiographs of rickets show _____, _____, and _____

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Radiographs of rickets show femoral bowing, metaphyseal flaring, and rosary rickets (enlarged costochondral junctions in rib cage)

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Describe osteomalacia

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Osteomalacia

  • Inability to calcify osteoid to form new adult bone during remodeling
  • Usually due to chronic renal failure
  • Results in insufficiency fractures on X-ray and bone pain
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Osteomalacic bone shows _____

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Osteomalacic bone shows excess osteoid

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Hyperparathyroidism involves ____

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Hyperparathyroidism involves too much bone resorption

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Clinically hyperparathyroidism involves ____, ____, ____, and ____

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Clinically hyperparathyroidism involves (GI tract) moans, bones, (renal) stones, and psychiatric overtoens

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Hyperparathyroidism pathogenesis includes ____ and ____, resulting in ____

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Hyperparathyroidism pathogenesis includes primary HPT (parathyroid adenoma followed by chief cell hyperplasia) and secondary HPT (parathyroid hyperplasia due to chronic renal failure), resulting in osteoclastogenesis and osteoporosis

(affects cortical > cancellous bone - bone loss in fingers and clavicles on X-ray)

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Hyperparathyroidism involves bone loss in ____ and ____ on X-ray

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Hyperparathyroidism involves bone loss in fingers and clavicles on X-ray

(subperiosteal resorption)

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In hyperparathyroidism, activated osteoclasts form ____ that reabsorb bone and there is ___ and also ___

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In hyperparathyroidism, activated osteoclasts form “cutting cones” and there is dissecting osteitis (railroad track appearance of bony trabeculi due to central reabsorption of osteoclasts) and also subperiosteal cortical bone resorption by osteoclasts

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Features of hyperparathyroidism are ____ and ____

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Features of hyperparathyroidism are dissecting osteitis and brown tumor of bone (osteitis fibrosa cystica)

  • Dissecting osteitis: aggreates of activated osteoclasts form a cutting cone along the longitudinal axis of a trabecula
  • Brown tumor of bone (osteitis fibrosa cystica): spindled stromal cells, osteoclasts, foci of hemorrhage, and hemosiderin deposits
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Paget’s disease involves _____ bone resorption

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Paget’s disease involves too much bone resorption

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Paget’s disease is defined as ____

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Paget’s disease is defined as collage of matrix madness due to dyssynchrony of osteoclastic/osteoblastic activity

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Paget’s disease pathogenesis involves ____

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Paget’s disease pathogenesis involves upregulation of NF-kappaB osteoclastogenesis

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Paget’s disease manifests as _____ on X-ray

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Paget’s disease manifests as characteristic tapering lytic process in distal femur

(osteolytic phase w/ enlarged oseoclasts, then osteosclerotic phase with thickened bone with a haphazard pattern of cement lines)

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Osteopetrosis involves ____ bone resorption

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Osteopetrosis involves too little bone resorption

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Osteopetrosis involves ____ osteoclast activity, resulting in _____ bone

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Osteopetrosis involves absent/defective osteoclast activity, resulting in abnormally thickened bone

(often osteoclasts fail to acidify resorption pits)

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Osteopetrosis manifests as _____ on X-ray

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Osteopetrosis manifests as sclerotic medullary cavity on X-ray

(bones lack medullary canal)

(medullary hematopoietic bone marrow replaced by calcified cartilage and new bone)