Bone and Cartilage Images Flashcards
1
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Characteristics of cartilage:
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- Avascular
- Weight-bearing
- Basophilic staining
- Type II collagen
- Nourished by diffusion
- Chondrocytes rest in lacuna
2
Q
Cartilage is composed of:
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- Type II collagen
- Avascular
3
Q
Two ways cartilage can grow:
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- Appositional
- Interstitial
4
Q
Appositional growth:
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- peripheral growth
- formation of new cartilage from existing perichondrium
5
Q
Interstitial growth:
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- growth within cartilage mass
- chondrocytes that are still capable of cell division
- forms groups of cells (isogenous groups) called cell nest
6
Q
Cell nest:
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- groups of dividing chondrocytes within cartilage all derived from a single progenitors
- visible in interstitial growth
7
Q
The three type of cartilage:
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- hyaline
- elastic
- fibrocartilage
8
Q
What type of cartilage is this?
A
hyaline
9
Q
Label all:
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- black arrow: perichondrium
- A = fibrogenic layer
- B = chondrogenic layer
- yellow arrow: cell nest
- green arrow: mature chondrocyte in lacuna
- red arrow = territorial matrix
10
Q
Label all:
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- purple: cell nest
- teal: territrial matrix
- red: chondrocyte in lacuna
- blue: chondroblast
- green: ECM
- black: perichondrium
11
Q
What are the blue arrows pointing to?
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- hyaline cartilage at the articular surface of a synovial joint
12
Q
What kind of cartilage is this?
A
elastic
13
Q
Label all:
A
elastic cartilage
- white: elastic fibers
- black: lacuna with chondrocyte
- red: chondrocyte
- green: territorial matrix
14
Q
Hyaline cartilage at the articular surface of a synovial joint only grows via:
A
interstitial growth
15
Q
What kind of cartilage is this?
A
fibrocartilage
- no perichondrium
- matrix collagen 1 and 2 fibers
- cells in lacunae lined in rows
16
Q
Label all:
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- black: epiphyseal plate
- red: fibrocartilage
- note lacunae in lines
17
Q
What kind of cartilage is this?
A
hyaline