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Microanatomy
Cartilage and Bone
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09/17/2008

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Term
Cartilage and Bone as Endoskeleton
Definition
1. body framework
2. muscle attachments
3. protect organs
4. calcium reserve
5. bones self-repair
6. cartilage in adults does not repair
7. cartilage serves as model for bone growth
Term
Components of Cartilage ECM
Definition
1. collagen (Type II)
2. elastin
3. proteoglycans
4. glycoproteins
5. water
Term
Components of Bone ECM
Definition
1. collagen (Type I)
2. elastin
3. proteoglycans
4. glycoproteins
5. water
6. hydroxypatite (makes bone hard)
Term
Characteristics of Hyaline Cartilage
Definition
1. abundant on articular surface of long bones, ribs, trache, bronci, larynx
2. avascular
3. little elastin
4. cushions, attaches, supports
Term
Characteristics of Elastic Cartilage
Definition
1. found in pinna, epiglottis, larynx
2. more elastin and elastic fibers than hyaline
3. indistinguishable from hyaline--need special stain
Term
Fibrocartilage
Definition
-looks like tendon with nests of chondrocytes
-found in intervertebral discs, symphysis pubis, entheses (where tendon inserts to bone)
-meniscus
Term
Cartilage that ossifies
Definition
1. hyaline cartilage
2. laryngeal cartilage
Term
Unique Bone Properties
Definition
1. tensile strength
2. combo of light and strong
3. columns and buttresses
4. mostly calcium hydroxypatite
5. turn over slowly
6. self repairing and changing
7. compartment for hematopoiesis
Term
Morphology of Long Bone
Definition
1. central diaphysis
2. metaphyses
3. epiphyses

*compact bone forms cortical shell
spongy bone in the middle
Term
Periosteum
Definition
site for entry of blood entry into deep bone
Term
Histology of Bone
Definition
1. Haversian system
-lamellae with concentric lacunae
-osteocytes embedded in lacunae
2. Osteocyte processes occupy canaliculi--aqueous canals
3. processes connected into network of cells by gap junctions
Term
Endosteum
Definition
-layer of fibroblast-like osteoprogenitor cells on inside and outside of mature bones
-can form osteoblasts and new bone
-activated during fracture repair and remodeling
Term
osteoclasts
Definition
part of mononuclear phagocytic system
degrade bone
Term
Bones and calcium storage
Definition
To increase blood Ca2+:
1) when Ca2+ goes down, PTH secreted, osteocytes mobilize matrix, and Ca2+ goes up
2) PTH also increases Ca2+ absorption in gut and phosphate excretion in kidneys

To decrease blood Ca2+:
1) calcitonin antagonist of PTH, inhibits osteolysis and stimulates Ca2+ deposition
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