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Micro Anatomy
Test 3 - Supportive Tissue
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Veterinary Medicine
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11/16/2010

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Term
What are the components of cartilage?
Definition
Chondrocyte, Lacuna, Matrix


Chondrocyte
- Live in lacunae (often can’t see cell outline)
- Produce matrix

Matrix
- Smooth background produced by chondrocytes
- may be blue or pink dependent on stain
- sometimes see territorial matrix
Term
[image]
Definition
Cartilage

(see chondrocyte, lacuna, and matrix)
Term
[image]
Definition
Cartilage

Territorial Matrix
(slightly lighter halo around chrondrocyte)
Term
[image]
Definition
longitudinal section of trachea with cross section of tracheal rings
Term
[image]
Definition
Cartilagenous Ring


pink around it is epithelium
Term
Cartilage has no _______ or ___________.
Definition
vessels or nerves


Just cells and matrix
- Cartilage must get it nutrients just by diffusion


If you have joint pain, it is not the cartilage b/c no nerves there
Term
How does cartilage get its nutrients?
Definition
from diffusion

(no vessels or nerves present)
Term
What are the types of cartilage growth and where do they occur?
Definition
Appositional
- the most cartilage in the body grows this way
- grows from the edges
- cartilage grows from perichondrium (which has undifferentiated stem cells)



Interstitial
- only in very young animals
- chondrocytes w/in the cartilage are dividing and growing


(exception to appositional growth is in joints, b/c articular cartilage doesn't grow, no perichondrium)
Term
[image]
Definition
Appositional Cartilage Growth


growth from edges (from perichondrium)


top: pseudostratified columnar epithelium
under that: dense connective tissue
under that: loose connective tissue
under that: perichondrium
bottom: cartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
Appositional Cartilage Growth


(perichondrium with undifferentiated stem cells up top)
Term
[image]
Definition
Articular Cartilage


(no perichondrium b/c couldn't stand up to impact in joints)
Term
[image]
Definition
Articular Cartilage


(no perichondrium b/c couldn't stand up to impact in joints)
Term
[image]
Definition
Interstitial Cartilage Growth
Term
What are the types of cartilage?
Definition
hyaline


elastic


fibrocartilage
Term
1) Tracheal cartilage is what kind of cartilage?


2) nose?


3) ears?


4) IV discs?
Definition
1) hyaline


2) hyaline


3) elastic


4) fibrocartilage (annulus fibrosus only)
Term
The fetus starts as ________ cartilage
Definition
hyaline
Term
1) articular cartilage is what type of cartilage


2) tendon attachement?


3) nucleus pulposus?


4) early fetus?
Definition
1) hyaline


2) fibrocartilage


3) it isn't cartilage...


4) hyaline
Term
1) Ligament attachments are what type of cartilage?


2) nasal septum?


3) menisci?
Definition
1) fibrocartilage


2) hyaline cartilage


3) fibrocartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
Hyaline Cartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
hyaline cartilage joint
Term
[image]
Definition
articular (hyaline) cartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
Nasal Septum

hyaline cartilage


notice respiratory epithelium
Term
[image]
Definition
fetal skeleton


hyaline cartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
Elastic cartilage


(elastin stain)


notice thin, light brown fibers
Term
[image]
Definition
Elastic Cartilage


(no way to know that it isn't hyaline w/o elastin stain other than that you were told that it was from an ear)
Term
[image]
Definition
Ear Canal


Elastic Cartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
Fibrocartilage (top) & bone (bottom)


mostly linear organization of fibers
Term
[image]
Definition
Top: spinal cord


Middle: vertebral body on right & left, IV disc in middle (fibrocartilage)


Bottom: skeletal muscle
Term
[image]
Definition
Nucleus Pulposus in center


Annulus Fibrosus (fibrocartilage) around that


hyaline cartilage at edges b/c it is a joint
Term
[image]
Definition
Feline Digit

tendon coming down to bone
- attaches with fibrocartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
Feline Digit


tendon attaching with fibrocartilage

(bone at bottom)
Term
[image]
Definition
fibrocartilage

notice chondrocytes are in rows

Matrix is dense, fibrous collagen


(hyaline at edges)
Term
Where is fibrocartilage found?
Definition
IV discs

tendon & ligament attachements

menisci
Term
Where is articular cartilage found?
Definition
articular surfaces

the entire fetus starts as hyaline cartilage

nasal septum

trachea
Term
Where is elastic cartilage found?
Definition
in ears
Term
What are the 3 types of supporting tissue?
Definition
cartilage


bone


joint
Term
Bone Cells
Definition
Osteoblasts
- Build bone


Osteocytes
- Live in the bone (live on site)
- Maintain the boney matrix around them (maintenance guys)


Osteoclasts
- Cut bonee
Term
define osteoid

where is it found?
Definition
unmineralized bone


all the bone we see on slides is demineralized in the fixation process

know that something is osteoid b/c it surrounded by osteoblasts
Term
[image]
Definition
bone marrow


megakaryocyte towards right side of the middle

(look at who his friends are to tell you that it is a megakaryocyte)
Term
describe osteocytes
Definition
10% of osteoblasts

Live in lacunae

Communicate
Term
describe osteoclasts
Definition
Osteoclasts derived from same cell as macrophage


It is essentially a super macrophage that can digest bone
Term
[image]
Definition
little depression made by osteoclasts
Term
[image]
Definition
osteoblasts lining bone

(build bone)
Term
[image]
Definition
osteoblasts lining bone
(osteoid b/c it is being produced by blasts and therefore hasn't mineralized)


osteocytes in bone


2 large osteoclasts
Term
[image]
Definition
osteoblasts and osteocytes
Term
[image]
Definition
2 osteoclasts
Term
[image]
Definition
osteoclasts
Term
What are the components of bone.
Definition
Cells
- Osteoblasts
- Osteocytes
- Osteoclasts


Matrix
- Mineral
- Collagen
Term
Describe bone matrix
Definition
Mineral
- Calcium > Phosphorus
Hydroxyapatite crystal


Collagen
- It is impt for the tensile strength of bone
This is why it is pink
Term
[image]
Definition
Bone Matrix (light microscopy)
- mineral
- collagen



Think of it as a bridge:
- Mineral is the concrete
- Collagen is the rebar (give it bounciness)
Term
[image]
Definition
Bone Matrix (polarized light microscopy)
- mineral
- collagen


Think of it as a bridge:
- Mineral is the concrete
- Rebar is the collagen (give it bounciness)
Term
Describe the microscopic organization of bone.
Definition
WOVEN BONE
- Much more haphazard arrangement
- Early bone growth


LAMELLAR BONE
- Organized collagen
- Stronger
Term
[image]
Definition
Woven Bone (top)

Lamellar Bone (bottom)


light microscopy
Term
[image]
Definition
Woven Bone (top)
- collagen isn't organized enough to show up

Lamellar Bone (bottom)


polarized light microscopy
Term
[image]
Definition
Growing Bone


woven bone
Term
[image]
Definition
Fracture Callus


woven bone (top)

lamellar bone (bottom)
Term
[image]
Definition
Lamellar Bone


Osteon (circular structure)
- Lamellar bone is organized into osteon


Haversion Canal
- In the center of the osteon is the haversian canal where blood vessels and nerves go
- So bone does have pain
Term
[image]
Definition
Ground bone (the only mineralized bone we'll see)


Notice osteocytes in the bone
Term
[image]
Definition
Woven bone (left)
- Made quickly
- Haphazard collagen
- At fracture sites


Lamellar bone (right)
- Remade from woven bone
- Parallel collagen
- Stronger
Term
Woven Bone vs. Lamellar Bone
Definition
Woven bone
- Made quickly
- Haphazard collagen
- At fracture sites



Lamellar bone
- Remade from woven bone (not just patched woven bone)
- Parallel collagen
- Stronger
Term
[image]
Definition
Compact Bone (outside)
- Makes up the cortex of the diaphysis
- Compact bone can be woven or lamellar



Cancellous Bone (inside)
Term
Compact bone makes up the ________ of the _______.


It is woven or lamellar?
Definition
makes up the cortex of the diaphysis


it can be woven or lamellar
Term
[image]
Definition
Compact Bone

lamellar (bottom)

woven (top)
Term
[image]
Definition
Lamellar Bone

Compact and Cancellous
Term
How can you differentiate woven bone and cancellous bone?
Definition
If it doesn’t light up under light microscopy, then it is woven
- b/c the collagen isn’t organized, it is too haphazard to show up in organized manner (won’t reflect polarized light)



Cancellous
- Ratio of bone to marrow is equal or bone is less than marrow
Term
know the anatomy of a long bone
Definition
[image]
Term
long bone anatomy
Definition
Epiphysis
- end of bone
- covered with articular cartilage

Physis
- growth plate
- made of cartilage
- only present in growing animals

Metaphysis
- transition between diaphysis and epiphysis

Diaphysis
- cylindrical shaft of bone

Marrow
- contains hematopoietic cells
- becomes increasingly fatty with age

Periosteum
- fibrous outer bony envelope
- contains osteoprogenitor cells
- incolced in repair and remodeling

Endosteum
- inner bony envelope
Term
[image]
Definition
Adult Bone Marrow


small red dots are the hematopoietic areas left (mostly fat)
Term
[image]
Definition
Bone Marrow
Term
[image]
Definition
Outer layer of undifferentiated cells
Term
[image]
Definition
Fracture Callus

periosteum towards top

woven bone under that

subperiosteal accumulation of woven bone made of osteoblasts from periosteum
Term
[image]
Definition
Endosteum

inner bony envelope
Term
Bone Formation
Definition
Endochondral ossification
- most common
- from cartilage


Intramembranous ossification
- at primary and secondary ossification centers
Term
Describe the components of cartilage
Definition
Chondrocytes
- live in lacunae
- secrete matrix


Matrix
- glycosaminoglycans
- territorial matrix


there are no vessels or nerves
- nutrients must diffuse in
- not a source of pain
Term
Describe the 2 forms of growth in cartilage
Definition
appositional
- from perichondrium
- perichondrium is lost in adult articular cartilage


interstitial
- expansion from within
- matrix and cell numbers increase
- most impt in young animals
Term
What are the 3 types of cartilage & where are they found?
Definition
Hyaline (glassy)
- fetal skeleton
- articular surfaces of bone
- respiratory tree (nose, trachea, larynx)


Elastic
- has elastic fibers b/w chondrocytes
- ear (pinna, external ear canal)


Fibrocartilage
- cartilage mixed with dense collagen
- chondrocytes are in rows
- intervertebral discs (annulus fibrosus)
- menisci
- tendon & ligament attachments to bone
Term
Describe the 3 types of bone cells
Definition
Osteoblasts
- produce bone
- polygonal cells in rows along bone surface
- secrete and mineralize osteoid (unmineralized bone)
- produce alkaline phosphatase


Osteoclasts
- 10% of osteoblasts become embedded osteocytes
- live in lacunae (one cell per lacuna)
- long cell processes allow communicatino between cells


Osteoclasts
- multinucleated giant cells of bone marrow origin
- remove bone
- brush or ruffled border
- howship's lacunae (depression formed by osteoclast)
Term
Describe bone matrix
Definition
Mineral
- the majority of bone is mineral
- hydroxyapatitie crystal = calcium and phosphorous (5:3 ratio)
- mineral gives bone its rigidity


Collagen
- polarized light required to see collagen
- gives bone its tensile strength
Term
Describe the microscopic organization of bone
Definition
Woven Bone
- immature bone
- formed during growth
- formed during repair
- haphazardly arranged collagen fibers


Lamellar Bone
- mature bone
- parallel collagen fibers
- osteons (cylinders of concentric lamellae)
* haversion canals at center of osteon
* blood vessels and nerves w/in canal
- stronger than woven bone
Term
Describe the different configurations of bone
Definition
Compact Bone
- solid bone with minimal marrow
- can be woven or lamellar
- makes up the cortex of bones


Cancellous Bone
- trabeculae arranged in 3 dimensional lattice
- bone marrow between trabeculae
- can be woven or lamellar
- found inside of bones
- "spongy bone" (not)
Term
Describe endochondral ossification
Definition
- bones begin as cartilage models

- primary ossification centers become diaphysis

- secondary ossification centers become epiphysis

- cartilage grows, mineralizes, then ossifies

- physis remains for longitudinal growth
a) resting chondrocytes
b) proliferating chondrocytes
c) hypertrophied chondrocytes (weakest zone)
d) calcified cartilage *part of primary spongiosa*
e) woven bone *part of primary spongiosa*
f) lamellar bone *part of primary spongiosa*
g) secondary spongiosa is all lamellar bone
- physis becomes bone at skeletal maturity
- most long bones form this way
Term
Describe intramembranous ossification
Definition
- bone forms from condensed mesenchymal cells

- osteoprogenitor cells -> osteoblasts

- cartilage not involved

- flat bones (skull)
Term
Describe bone remodeling
Definition
- occurs constantly, even in adults

- weight bearing determines bone density

- bone density can only be increased by remodeling

- bone removal must precede bone deposition
Term
What are the types of joints?
Definition
Synarthroses
- bones connected by dense collagen
- sutures of the skull


Amphiarthroses
- bones connected by fibrocartilage
- IV discs


Diarthroses
- diarthrodial or synoval joints
- ends of bones covered by hyaline cartilage
- bones connected by ligaments (attached by sharpey's fibers), fibrous joint capsule
- synovial membrane lines inside of joint, and inside of tendon sheaths, synoviocytes produce synovial fluid, not an epithelial lining
- synovial fluid lubricates joint (very viscous) & provides nutrients to cartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
Endochondral ossification

from cartilage (fetal skeleton is all hyaline cartilage)

most common from of growth
Term
[image]
Definition
endochondral ossification


secondary ossification center (top)
- as epiphysis turns to bone


primary ossification center (bottom)
- as diaphysis turns to bone
Term
[image]
Definition
Endochondral ossification

top = resting zone

2nd layer = proliferating zone (looks like stacked coins)
- you want you coins to proliferate


3rd layer = hypertrophied zone (weakest part)
- swollen, clear cytoplasm
- really expanded cells
- where frx will occur
- very little matrix

bottom layer = calcified cartilage
Term
In growing bones, which zone is more likely to be a site of fracture?
Definition
hypertrophied zone
Term
[image]
Definition
Endochondral ossification

notice resting zone, proliferating zone, hypertrophied zone and calcified cartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
Primary Spongiosa (b/c presence of blue cartilage in bone)


top = calcified cartilage

middle = woven bone

bottom = lamellar bone
Term
[image]
Definition
Primary (just below physis) and secondary ossification centers (at the bottom)


diaphysis is all lamellar bone
Term
Most long bones are formed by ______________ ossification.
Definition
endochondral
Term
The bones of the skull are formed by ________ ossification.
Definition
intramembranous
Term
[image]
Definition
intramembranous ossification

calvarium, embryo
Term
[image]
Definition
intramembranous ossification


some have open fontanelle (closes with age)

most have closed to form sutures
Term
_______ determines bone density.
Definition
weight bearing
Term
When is bone remodeling impt in animals?
Definition
after prolonged lameness
Term
Describe the amt of movement in each of the 3 joint types.
Definition
synarthroses
- don't move much


amphiarthroses
- intermediate movement


diarthroses
- move a lot
Term
[image]
Definition
Bone Remodeling
Term
[image]
Definition
synarthroses - skull sutures



fibrous tissue b/w bones (fibrous joint)
Term
[image]
Definition
Amphiarthroses - IV discs

fibrocartilage
Term
[image]
Definition
Diarthroses = Synovial Joint (hyaline cartilage)
Term
[image]
Definition
Synovial membrane



notice dark purple synoviocytes which produce synovial fluids
Term
[image]
Definition
Diarthroses = Synovial Joint

consists of:
- ligament (dense fibrous connective tissue)
- sharpey's fibers (fibrocartilage that attaches ligament to bone)
- hyaline cartilage
- joint capsule (fibrous sleeve that surrounds joint)
- synovial membrane
- synoviocytes lining synovial membrane (produce synovial fluid)
- synovial fluid (the only thing providing nutrients to cartilage)
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