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Principles of Bone Healing
Dr. Frerichs
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03/30/2013

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Endochondral ossification
Definition
Hyaline cartilage that become ossified – retain cartilage for joints (articular cartilage)
appendicular skeleton & vertebral column
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Intramembranous ossification
Definition
Mesenchymal condensation WITHOUT cartilage model
Skull & scapula
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Osteoblasts
Definition
Make new bone
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Osteoclasts
Definition
Resorb bone (from deteriorating bone)
Reside in Howship's Lacunae
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Howship's Lacunae
Definition
where osteoclasts reside
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Osteocytes
Definition
maintain bone
release calcium ions
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Cortical bone
Definition
made of osteon - Dense and thick
contains Haversian canals and Volkmann's cannals
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Haversian canal
Definition
houses the blood supply for bone
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Volkmann's canal
Definition
attach Haversian canals together
also contain blood vessels
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Cancellous bone
Definition
non-dense and airy
between cortical flat bones and metaphyseal regions of long bones
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Bone blood supply
Definition
periosteal vessels
nutrient artery
endosteal vessels
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Woven bone
Definition
random collagen fibrils
thin, mineralized osteoid
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Lamellar bone
Definition
Parallel bundled collagen fibrils
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