Bone and Cartilage Flashcards

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What are they two types of bone (macroscopic)

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Cortical, compact bone

Canellous, spongy bone

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What is cortical, compact bone like

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dense outer plate

80-85% of skeleton

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what is cancellous, spongy bone like

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internal trabecular scaffolding

15-20% of skeleton

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what is alveolar bone like

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  • cortical bone has nutrient canals, containing blood vessels
  • cortical bone lining tooth sockets is penetrated by buncles of collagen fibres of PDL (sharpey’s fibres)
  • this bone is also called ‘bundle’ bone
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what is the composition of bone

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60% inorganic
- hydorxyapatite

25% organic

  • collagen (90%)
  • glycoproteins
  • Proteoglycan’s (GAGs)

15% water

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how does the composition of bone compare to the composition of dentine

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lower inorganic, greater water and organic compared to dentine

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what is ECM made up of

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“ground substance”

  • semi-fluid gel
  • long polysaccharide molecules
  • glycos-amino-glycans (GAGs) (hyaluronic acid, proteoglucans)

Fibres (reinforce ground substance)

  • collagen
  • elastin
  • other non-collagenous proteins
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what are the two different types of bone (microscopic)

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Woven bone

Lamellar bone

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Features of woven bone?

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  • rapidly laid down
  • irregular deposition of collagen
  • present in fetus
  • fracture repair (callus)
  • contains many osteocytes
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Features of lamellar bone?

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  • laid down more slowly
  • collagen fibres laid down in parallel
  • normal form in adult
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What is the structure of compact bone like

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  • laid down in concentric lamellae
  • form longitudinal columns
  • organised in Haversian systems around central (Haversian) canal
  • lateral (Volkman’s) canals
  • canals contain blood vessels
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what do volkman’s canals link

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two haversian canals

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what is another name for a haversian system

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osteon

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Features of cancellous bone?

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  • network of thin trabeculae
  • trabeculae consist of lamellae
  • osteocytes present
  • no obvious Haversian systems
  • the bone is thin, and nutrients can diffuse in
  • bone marrow present in the spaces between trabeculae
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Characteristics of osteoblasts

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  • lie on surface of bone
  • derived from mesenchymal stem cells
  • synthesise and secrete collagen fibres forming a matrix
  • the matrix is mineralised by calcium salts

(same group as osteocytes)

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Characteristics of osteocytes

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  • osteoblasts that become trapped in mineralised bone
  • lie within spaces - lacunae
  • contact other osteocytes via cytoplasmic processes that run in canaliculi
  • osteocytes also appear to communicate with osteoblasts

(same group as osteoblasts)

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Characteristics of osteoclasts

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  • large, mulinucleate cells, derived from haemopoietic stem cells
  • related to macrophages
  • they resorb bone (acid phosphatases)
  • lie in concavities in bone: Howship’s lacunae
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Describe bone remodelling

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  • removal and replacement of bone tissue without change in overall shape
  • resorption balanced by deposition (apposition)
  • each year ~2% of cortical bone and ~25% of cancellous bone is replaced
  • controlled by osteoblasts
  • regulated by hormones (parathyroid and calcitonin), and paracrines
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What is a reversal line

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scalloped edge shows where bone resorption changes to bone deposition

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How can tooth movement occur

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during eruption
post-eruptive (e.g. mesial drift)
orthodontic forces

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What is cartilage

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semi-rigid, unmineralised connective tissue

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what are the different types of cartilage

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  • hyaline cartilage
  • fibrocartilage
  • elastic cartilage
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where would you find hyaline cartilage

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widespread e.g. nasal septum

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where would you find fibrocartilage

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intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis

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where would you find elastic cartilage
external ear, epiglottis, eustacian tube
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Characteristics of cartilage cells
- formed by chondroblasts - these get trapped the matrix and become chondrocytes - avascular - nutrient diffuses in - some channels are present in thick areas of cartilage - chondrocytes contain stores of lipid, glycogen
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what bones undergo endochondral ossification
'long' bones
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what bones undergo intramembranous ossification
'flat' bones
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how is bone tissue created
endochondral and intramembranous ossification
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in which type of ossification is cartilage present
endochondral ossification
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Process of intramembranous ossification
Formation of bone spicules Formation of woven bone Primary centre of ossification Formation of osteon
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Process of endochondral ossification
Initially, a cartilage skeleton is laid down. The cartilage is replaced with bone. There are several centres of ossification. Ossification is going outwards Cartilage proliferation and growth occurs at the epiphyses
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what type of ossification happens in the skull
endochondral and intramembranous ossification (need horizontal and vertical growth)
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In achondroplasia, what type of growth is impaired
endochondral bone growth as a defect in cartilage growth
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What is an anatomical characteristic of achondroplasia
base of skull is minimised --> small maxilla
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What gets resorbed after tooth loss
alveolar process
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During formation of a flat bone, much of it will become ossified by spread of bone from the centre of ossification, what will the remainder become?
the periosteum surrounding the bone
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what are the cells on the surface of bone spicules during flat bone formation
osteoblasts
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what is the narrow 'pink' zone between the bone surface and osteoblasts during flat bone formation
osteoid - the unmineralised organic matrix of bone
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what is the name of the prominent cartilage which is in the lower jaw
meckel's cartilage
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by what mechanism does the bone of the mandible form
the mandible forms by intramembranous ossification. Meckel's cartilage forms the cartilaginous 'skeleton' of the developing jaw. But the bone of the mandible forms lateral to Meckel's cartilage. As the mandible grows, Meckel's cartilage regresses, and disappears. It has a few remnants, such as the malleus and incus of the middle ear, and the spenomandibular ligament
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what important structures are between the developing mandible and Meckel's cartilage
inferior alveolar nerve and artery
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What happens to the bone lining the 'socket' as the tooth roots grow
the bone will resorb to accomodate them
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If you are looking at the inner wall of the tooth socket, what are the large multinucleated cells called? what do they do?
osteoclasts, they resorb bone
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where would you find howship's lacunae
inner wall of tooth socket, saucer-shaped depressions in bone
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What feature is present in bone but is absent from cartilage
cartilage is avascular. blood vessels migrate into the region, bringing osteoprogenitoor cells which differentiate into osteoblasts. These cells then lay down osteoid on the mineralised cartilage spicules