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BONES & CARTILAGE

BONES
Specialized connective tissue
Classification
• Morphological classification
• Histological classification
• Microscopical classification
Morphological
• Long bone
• Short bone
• Flat bone
• Pneumatic bone
• Sesamoid bone
• Irregular bone
LONG BONE
Types
• Typical long bone
• Miniature long bone
• Modified long bone
Typical long bone
Characteristics
• One diaphysis and two epiphysis
• Three border, three surface
• Centrally medullary cavity
• Lies vertically
• Bears weight
• Intra catilagenous ossification
SESAMOID BONE
Character
• Develop in the tendon of the muscle
• Ossify after birth
• No periosteum
• Absence of Haversian system
Example
• Patella
• Pisiform
• Flabella
• Peroneus longus
• Flexor hallucis brevis
• Adductor longus
Function of bones
• It bears body weight
• It protects vital organs
• It stores calcium, phosphate and other ion
• It contains bone marrow which is a hemopoietic tissue
Periosteum
• Fibrovascular cellular membrane
• Covering of the bone
Structure
• Outer fibrous layer
• Inner cellular layer
Composition of bones
• Bone cell
• Fiber
• Ground substance
• Inorganic components
Bone cells
Osteoprogenitor cell
Osteoblast
Osteocyte
Osteoclast
Histological classification of bone
• Compact bone
• Spongy bone
Compact bone
• Circumferential system
• Haversian system
• Interstitial system
• Volkmann’s canal
Circumferential system
• Outer circumferential system
• Inner circumferential system
Haversian system
• Haversian canal
• Concentric lamella
• Lacunae
• Canaliculi
Interstitial system
Triangular interval between Haversian system
Structure of Spongy bone
• Bony Trabeculae
• Marrow space
Parts of developing bone
• Epiphysis
• Epiphyseal plate
• Metaphysis
• Diaphysis
Blood supply of developing bone
• Nutrient vessel
• Metaphyseal vessel
• Epiphyseal vessel
• Periosteal vessel
Blood supply of a developed bone
• Nutrient vessel
• Periosteal vessel
Growing end
• Appears first
• Fuses last with the diaphysis
• Growth persists for longer time
Cartilage
Perichondrium
• Outer fibrovascular layer
• Inner cellular layer
Growth of cartilage
• Appositional growth
• Interstitial growth
Components
• Cell
• Fiber
• Ground substance
Types
• Hyaline cartilage
• Elastic cartilage
• Fibrocartilage
Hyaline cartilage
• Homogenous basophilic matrix.
• Isogenous group of chondrocyte present in each lacunae
• Perichondrium present
Location
• Costal cartilage
• Tracheal ring
• Articular cartilage
• Thyroid cartilage
• Epiphyseal plate of cartilage
Elastic cartilage
• Perichondrium present
• Elastic fiber present in matrix
• Each lacunae contain single chondrocyte
Location
• Ear pinna
• External auditory meatus
• Auditory tube
• Epiglottis etc.
Fibrocartilage
• Perichondrium absent
• Dense bundle of collagen fiber present
• Chain of chondrocyte present in between the bundle of
collagen fiber.
Location
• Intervertebral disc
• Glenoidal labrum
• Acetabular labrum
Function of cartilage
• Supports soft tissue
• Provide gliding area for movements of the joints
• Essential for growth of long bones

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