Week 4 Flashcards
What are some functions of the skeleton?
Support
Protection
Locomotion
Mineral reserve
Haematopoesis
Which minerals are present in bone?
Calcium salts and phophate
What is produced from bone marrow?
RBCs, WBCs and platelets
Where is red bone marrow found in children?
All bones
Where is red bone marrow found in adults? Yellow BM?
Red: skull, vertebral collumn, pelvis
Yellow: long bones
What is yellow bone marrow composed of?
Adipose tissue
What are osteons?
Layers of bone in circular layers
What is the composition of bone?
30% organic type I collagen
70% inorganic calcium and phophate salts
Function of calcium in bone?
Tensile strength
Allows bending
When ca is low in blood it can be taken from bone
Function of minerals in bone?
Compressive sytrength: makes bones sturdy
What is rickets?
Vitamin D deficiency - lack of sun exposure or calcium in diet
Vit D required for calcium absorption: lack of circulating calcium so cannot be taken up as calcium hydroxyaptite
Bones are overly flexible as they lack minerals
What is osteogensis imperfecta?
Gentic disorder
Affects collagen production - mutations in type I collagen
Brittle bones which frature easily
Brittle bone disease
Structure and Function of epiphyses in bone?
Articular surfaces of joints
Mostly spongy bone but compact on surface
Structure of diaphyses?
Mostly compact bone, strong but a little flexible
Function of epiphyseal growth plate?
Seperates epiphyses and diaphyses
Site of growth
What happens in bones when growth is complete? What line is made?
Growth plate ossifies
Makes epiphyseal line
What is the periosteum? What does it attach?
Covers outer surface of bone
Site of attachment for tendomns
Endosteum function?
Lines intrnal surfaces of cavities in bones
What does the medullary cavity contain?
Bone marrow
Structure of skull bones?
Flat bones
No medullary cavity
2 sheets of compact bone with cancellous bone in the middle
Filled with red bone marrow
What is spongy bone formed from and what is found in its spaces?
Trabeculae struts
Red bone marrow
Examples of long bones?
Femur, humerus
Examples of short bones?
Carpals, tarsals
Examples of flat bones?
Skull, sternum, scapula, ribs
Examples of irregular bones?
Vertebrae, sacrum, facial bones
Functions of sesamoid bones in tendons?
Protect tendons and increase movement
Which bone is sesamoid?
Patella
How many bones in adult body?
206
How many bones in newborns?
270
3 types of joints? Examples?
Fibrous e.g. sutures
Cartilaginous e.g. IVDs
Synovial e.g. humerus
What makes up the axial skeleton?
Skull
Vertebral collumn
Ribs
Sternum
What makes up the appendicular skeleton?
Upper and lower limbs
What makes up the upper limb?
Pectoral girdle
Bones of arms/hands
What makes up the lower limb?
Pelvic girdle
Bones of hands/feet
How many skull bones are there?
22
How many bones are in the vertebral collumn?
33
How many pairs of ribs are there?
12
Function of skull?
Houses brain and special sense organs
What is the viscerocranium and how many bones does it contain?
Facial skeleton
14
What is the neurocranium and how many bones does it contain?
Surround brain
8
What are the 5 parts of the vertebral collumn and how many bones are in each?
Cervical 7
Thoracic 12
Lumbar 5
Sacrum 5 fused
Coccyx 4 fused
Structure of cervical bones?
Small and mobile
Which part of vertebral column is most susceptible to dislocation?
Cervical
What does the thoracic collumn articulate with and why does it have long processes?
Ribs
For mucle attachment
Which body of vertebral collumn is the largest and susceptible to herniated IVDs?
Lumbar as it bears weight
What does the sacrum articulate with?
Hip bones
What is the structure and function of the pectroal girdle?
Clavicle and scapula
Attaches UL to body
Which bone connnects UL to axial skeleton? Why?
Clavicle
Allows large range of movement
What makes up the UL?
Humerus
Radius and ulna
Carpals
Metacarpals
Phalanges
What makes up the lower limb?
Femur
Tibia and fibula
Tarsals
Metatarsals
Phalanges
How many carpals are there?
8
How many metacarapals are there?
5
How many phalanges are in the hands/feet?
14 each
How many tarsals are there?
7
How many metatarsals are there?
5
What is a condyle?
Rounded bone forming joint surfaces and muscle attachemnts
What are foramens?
Holes
What are fossas?
Dips in bones
What does the iliac crest help you locate? Significane?
Inigual ligamnt
Hernia locaion
Function of ribs?
Surrounds and protects thoracic organs
How are ribs made flexible?
Costal cartilages
Which level is the sternal angle?
T4/5
What does the sternal angle help locate? Why?
2nd ribs
Auscultation
Boundary of mediastinum: aorta/trachea splitting
Imaging
What are SIPCEPs?
Standard infection control precautions
Used by all staff at all times for all patients
Sources of potential infection?
Blood/body fluids
Secretions/excretions, not sweat
Non-intact skin
Mucus membranes
Any contaminated equipment
What are the standard precations?
Hand hygiene at 5 moments
Disposal of sharps
Use of PPE for potential infectious substances
Clean environemnt
Safe waste disposal
Safe used linen management
Why do we wash hands?
- healthcare environemnt is contaminated
- hands spread germs
- some patients are very vulnerable to infection and not washing hands could spread germs
What should you do before performing hand hygeiene?
- expose forearms
- remove all jewellery
- nails clean and short
- cover cuts with waterproof dressing
When should you perform hand hygeiene?
Before touching patient
Before aseptic procedure
After body fluid exposure
After touching patient
After touching patient surroundings
When should you wash hands with soap and water?
- hands are visibly soiled
- patient has suspected GI infection e.g. norovius/c. diff
When are hand wipes used?
When no running water is available
What is a healthcare associated infection?
Infection acquired as a result of healthcare related intervention or during healthcare that the patient would usully not catch
Most common healthcare associated infections?
GI infections
UTIs
Resp infections
Surgical site
Why is resp and cough hygeiene used?
To minimise risk of cross contamination of resp illness
How to do resp and cough hygeiene?
Cover mouth and nose with tissue when sneezing, coughing, wiping and blowing nose
Dispose of tissues into bin
Wash hands with liquid soap and water when coughing, sneesing, using tissues
Keep contaminated hands away from eyes, nose, mouth
Examples of PPE?
Gloves disposable/sterile
Aprons disposable/sterile
Eye protection
Masks/respirators
All PPE should…
- located close to point of use
- stored to prevent contamination in clean/dry area
- single use
- disposed of after use correctly
- reusable PPE should be decontaminated after usw
What are transmission based precautions?
Additional; infection control precautions taken with patients known or suspected to be infected with organisms posing a significant risk to other patients
4 types of transmission based precautions?
Contact
Enteric (intestines)
Droplet
Airborne
Examples of high risk fluids?
CSF
Pleural fluid
Semen
Synovial fluid
Vaginal secretion
Breast milk
(any body fluid containing visible blood)
Which body fluids are not high risk unless bloodstained?
Urine
Feces
Saliva
Sweat
Vomit
What is the most likely route of infection for healthcare workers?
Needlestick inury
Blood splashing onto broken skin
Examples of blood borne disease?
HIV, AIDS, Hep B, Hep C
Which receptor does COVID bind to?
ACE2
Symptoms of covid?
Cough, fever, shortness of breath, loss of senses
What is the R0?
The number of new cases oof infection arising from a single case
What R number is covid?
R3
What is covid spread by?
Droplets e.g. coughing sneezing
Surfaces
Aerosols
What PPE should you use when COVID is confirmed in a patient?
Eye protection
Fluid repellent face mask
Gloves
Apron
What is requird when aerosol generated infecton is present?
Filtering face piece
Order of putting on PPE?
Apron
Face mask
Eye protection
Gloves
What should you do before putting on PPE?
Hydrate
Tie hair back
Remove jewellery
Clean hands with gel rub
How is cortical bone arranged?
In osteons
Why do osteons have central canals?
For blood vessels
What are lamellae?
Circular layers of bone
Function of trabeculae?
Help to transfer weight through bone
Present in spongy bone
What are osteoprogenitor cells?
Stem cells differentiating into osteoblasts and osteocytes
Function of osteoblasts?
Lay down new bone
Function of osteocytes? Where are they found?
Mature osteoblasts trapped in bone matrix
In caves called lacunae
Respond to mechanical strain and send signals to intiate bone formation/resorption
Function of osteoclasts?
Break down bone
What is required for hardness and strength in bone?
Calcium hydroxapitate
What is decalcification?
Removing inorganic calcium salts from bone matrix
Why are bone shafts hollow?
To allow unrestricted movement of the thigh
Stronger than solid bar
Aids blood supply of bone
How are trabeculae arranged and why?
Lattice work
Even spread of weight
How does bone grown?
Appositional growth
Bone laid down on surface
Osteoblasts lay down osteoid (organic)
It is mineralisied (inorganic)
Osteoblasts trapped - become osteocytes
How can cartilage grow?
Appositional and interstitial growth
How does growth occur in epiphyseal plate?
Interstitial growth - cartilage expands and is replaced by bone
How does cartilae recieve nutrients?
Diffusion as its avascular
What are the 5 zones of the growth plate?
R - resting/reserve chondrocytes which replicate slowly
P - proliferation zone, cells divide rapidly
H - hypertrophy zone, chondrocytes mature and expand
C - calcification zone. cells become calcified and die via apoptosis, forms calcified matrix
O - blood vessels and bone cells invade calcified cartilage and replace it with bone
Which cartilage is growth plate formed from?
Hyaline
When willl bone stop growing in length?
When cartilage growth plate stops proliferating and is replaced entirely with bone
What is ossification?
The process by which bone is made
What is endochondral ossification?
Cartilage model made first and replaced e.g. long bones
What is intramembranous ossification?
Bone formed directly in mesenchyme e.g. skull bones
What is the primary ossification centre?
First part to form e.g. diaphyses in long bones
Allows flexibility
What is the secondary ossification centre?
Epiphyses
What are fontanelles? Function?
Soft spots between skull bones
Allow flexibility in birth
Allow rapid growth of brain in first 2 years of life
What can timing of bone fusion be affected by?
Males and females
Populaiton differences
Stress
Nutrition
Usually fuse in predictable pattern
Function of knowing ossification times?
Age fraud in sports
Age estimation in refugees
What are sutures? Which type of joints are these?
Joints between bones of the skull - fibrous joints, limited movement
What is osteoperosis?
Bone removed faster than laid down
Bone density reduced and more susceptible to fracture
When is OI common and why?
Post menopausal women
Oestrogen promotes osteoblast activity which reduces in menopause
What happens when you have osteoperosis in spine?
Trabeculae struts disappear
Kyphosis of thoracic spine - hunchback
Vertebral bodies collapse
What are enthesophytes?
Abnormal bony projections at attachment of tendon/ligament
What are osteophytes?
Abnormal bony projections in joint spaces
Symptoms of enthesophytes/osteophytes?
Pain/stiffness in back
Numbing/weakness in limbs
What is periostitis?
Inflammation of periosteum
Causes of periostisis?
Acute infection
Trauma/stress to bone (chronic)
Examples of perostitis causes?
Staph bacteria
Congenital syphilis
Leukaemia/cancer
Shin splints
Osgood-schlatter disease
What is the most common cancer in Scottish women?
Breast
What is the most common cancer in Scottish men?
Prostate
What is the most common cancer in Scotland overall?
Lung
What is a neoplasm?
- new growth
- abnormal
- uncontrolled cell division
- aka tumor
What does benign mean?
Grows slowly
Remains localised to site of origin
What does malignant mean?
Invades and spreads to different sites
Aka cancer
What is metastasis?
Tumor cells move from primary site to colonise secondary site
What are some characteristics of cancer cells?
Large variable shaped nuclei
Many dividing cells
Disorganised
Varied size and shape
Loss of normal features
What is anaplasia?
Loss of normal features in a cell
Why do cancer cells stain more basophilic aka blue than normal cells?
There is higher metabolic activity in the cell so more acidic molecules are present e.g. rRNA and mRNA
Describe the multistep development of cancer
Initiation: environmental carcinogens e.g. smoking
Mutation occurs
Oncogenes activated
Loss of tumor suppressors
Proliferation increases
Further mutations occur
One cell passes threshold of malignancy
Name molecules which are mutated in colon cancer
Beta catenin (e-cadherin)
K-ras pathway
p53
What are the six characteristics of cancer and molecules involved
Uncontrolled Proliferation: self sufficiency in growth factors due to oncogenes e.g. was, bcr-abl, HER-2
Increased growth capacity: tumor suppressor genes inactivated e.g. Rb
Evasion of apoptosis: increased BCL-2
Limitless replication potential: telomerase
Sustained angiogenesis:VEGF
Tissue invasion: cadherin, proteases
Function of platelet derived growth factor?
Matrix formation (inc fibroblasts)
Remodelling (produce proteases)
Function of vascular endothelial growth factor?
Angiogenesis - endothelial cell proliferation and migration
Function of colony stimulating factors?
Myeloid lineage in haematopoeisis
Function of erythropoeitin?
Produces red blood cells