Support
The skeleton serves was the structural framework for the body by supporting soft tissues and providing attachment for tendons
Name the functions of bone
Support Protection Aid in movement Mineral storage Blood cell production Energy storage
Protection
Protects internal organs from injury
Assistance in movement
Most skeletal muscles attach to bones when they contract it produces movement
Mineral storage
Stores several minerals especially calcium and phosphorus which contributes to bone strength
Bone tissue contains 99% of the body’s calcium
On demand bones release mineral to the blood stream to maintain critical mineral balance and sends minerals to other parts of the body
Blood cell production
What is the process called
Red bone marrow produces red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
Hematopoiesis (what this process is called)
Energy storage
Yellow bone marrow consists of adipose cells which stores triglycerides
The stores triglycerides are a potential chemical energy reserve
Diaphysis
Is the bones shaft or body,
Epiphysis
Proximal or distal ends of bones
Metaphyses
What happens here during growth
The region between the diaphysis and epiphysis.
In A growing bone it consists of an epiphyseal plate (layer of hyaline cartilage that allows the bone to grow)
When growth stops it is replace with bone and is called epiphyseal line
Articular cartilage
A thin layer of hyaline cartilage covering the part of the epiphysis where the bone forms a joint with another bone
Reduces friction and absorbs shock
Periosteum
A tough connective tissue and it’s associate blood supply surrounds the bone surface wherever it is not covered by articulate cartilage
Has two layers
Helps protect bone and assist on fracture repair
Serves as attachment point for ligaments and tendons
Medullary cavity
Or marrow cavity
A hollow space with yellow bone marrow and many blood vessels
Minimizes weight of bone
Endosteum
A him membrane that lines the medullary cavity
It contains a single layer of bone forming cells and a small amount of connective tissue
Osteoprogenitor cells
Developed onto osteoblasts
Unspecialized bone stem cells derived from mesenchyme
Only bone cells to undergo cell division
Found along inner portion of periosteum, in the endosteum and canals that contain blood vessels
Osteoblasts
Bone building cells
Synthesize and secrete collagen fibers and other organic components needed to build the extra cellular matrix of bone tissue and they initiate calcification
Osteocytes
Osteoblasts get trapped in their own secretions and become osteocytes
Mature bone cells
Main cells in bone tissue and maintain its daily metabolism
Do not undergo cell division
Osteoclasts
Large cells made from 50 or more monocytes and are found In the endosteum
Have lysosomes and acids that digest the protein and mineral components of the underlying extra cellular matrix
Part of the normal development, growth, maintenance, and repair of bone
Help regular blood calcium levels and target cells during drug therapy used to treat osteoporosis
Compact bone
Dense bone
Type of bone tissue observed at surface of the bone
Makes up bulk of the diaphysis
Provides protection and support and resists the stresses produced by weight and movement
Concentric lamellae
Circular plates of mineralized extra cellular matrix of increasing diameter surrounding a small network of blood vessels and nerves located in the central canal
Lacunae
Between the concentric lamellae there are small spaces called lacunae which contain osteocytes
Canaliculi
Radiating on all directions from lacunae
Filled with extra cellular matrix
Inside the Canaliculi are osteocytes which communicate through gap junctions
Connect lacunae to one another provides many routes for oxygen and nutrients to reach the osteocytes
Interstitial lamellae
The arrears between the neighboring osteons contain these
Also have lacunae with osteons and Canaliculi
These are fragments of older osteons that have been partially destroyed during growth or rebuilding
Perforating canals
Where the blood vessels and nerves are