Bone & Cartilage

Cartilage
• Specialized dense connective tissue

• Semi rigid ,designed to give support, bear
weight & withstand tension ,torsion & bending
• Devoid of blood vessels and not innervated
by nerve
• Most of them are calcified in old age.
• Cartilage can grow by interstitial &
appositional growth
Composition of cartilage
• Perichondrium
• Ground substance-
Highly hydrated Contains hyaluronic
acid glucoseaminoglycans
• Cells- chondroblasts,
chondrocytes
• Fibers- collagen , elastic fibers
Types of cartilage
• Hyaline cartilage
• Elastic cartilage
• Fibrous cartilage
Hyaline cartilage
• Most common type
• Makes the skeletal
model of most bones in
embryo
• Gradually replaced by
bone in grown ups
except at the articular
surface of bones, ends
of the ribs, nose,
larynx, trachea and
bronchi
• In living conditions looks translucent & bluish white in
colour
• Covered with perichondrium. Articular cartilage is not
covered by perichondrium
• Matrix is homogenous which consists of chondroitin
sulphate & collagen fibers
• Cells are chondrocytes arranged in groups in lacunae
• Collagen fibers are not visible in matrix because of the
same refractive index as that of matrix
Elastic cartilage
• Present in external ear,
epiglottis, auditory tube &
few cartilage of larynx
• Covered with
perichondrium
• Number of cells are more
• Matrix consist of bundles
of branching &
anastomosing elastic
fibers which give elasticity
to the tissue
Fibrous cartilage
• Found in intervertebral disc,
pubic symphysis, intrarticular
disc of certain joints, menisci
of knee joint & articular
cartilage of
temporomandibular cartilage
• Consists of bundles of
collagen fibers embedded in
minimal amount of matrix
• Cells are usually placed
single in between the bundles
of collagen fibers
• Not covered with
perichondrium
BONE
• Specializes form of dense
connective tissue
• Makes supportive frame work
• Support & transmit weight of
the body
• Provide the levers for
locomotion by forming
articulations
• Give attachment to muscles &
ligaments
• Provide mechanical
protection to the vital organ
• Store calcium
• Form blood in their marrow
Classification of bones
According to position
Axial
Appendiculer
Number of bones
• Total 206 bones
• Upper limbs - 64
• Lower limbs – 62
• Vertebrae – 26(33)
• Skull – 29(26Skull bones
+ hyoid +6 ossicle)
• Ribs – 24
• Sternum
• Appendicular-
Upper limb
64
Lower limb
62
According to size & shape
• Long bones
• Short bones
• Short bones
• Flat bones
• Irregular bones
• Pneumatic bones
• Sesamoid bones
• Accessory bones
According to gross
structure
• Compact
(Lamellar) bone
• Spongy
(cancellous) bone
• Diploic bones
According to
development
• Membranous bones-
Bone is laid down
directly in the fibrous
membrane e.g. bones
of vault of skull,
mandible
• Cartilaginous bones-
Formation of bone is
proceeded by the
formation of a cartilage,
which is later replaced
by a bone e.g. femur,
tibia
Membranous ossification
• Bone is formed in mesenchyme
• The cells in mesenchyme secrete
ground substance & collagen
fiber around themselves
• Thus ground substance, fiber &
cells form a membrane
• Vascularization of membrane &
differentiation of osteoblast cells
• Formation of osteoid matrix
• Formation of calcified matrix
• Formation of trabeculae, bone
cells (osteocytes) & lacunae
• Subperiosteal ossification
Development
Endochondral ossification
• Condensation of mesenchymal
cells occur at the site of bone
formation
• Mesen. Cells are transformed in to
chondroblast which now form
hyaline cartilage
• Formation of perichondrium which
is highly vascular
• Hypertrophy of cartilage cells &
formation of calcified matrix
• Subperiosteal ossification
• Vascular invasion & osteogenesis
Composition of bone -
• organic matter- forms 1/3 weight of bone.
Consists of fibrous material & cells.
Responsible for toughness & resilience
• Inorganic matter- forms 2/3 weight of bone.
Consists of mineral salts like calcium
carbonate, cal. Fluoride, and magnesium
phosphate
Responsible for rigidity & hardness. Cal. In
bone makes it opaque to x-ray
Macroscopic structure of living adult
bone
• Compact bone
• Cancellous bone
Microscopic structure of bone
Parts of a developing long bone
• Diaphysis-
intermediate region or
shaft
• Metaphysis-
developing
extraepiphyseal
regions of shaft
• Epiphysis- ends of
bone which ossify with
a separate centre of
ossifi. (secondary)
Epiphyseal cartilage
• Zone of resting
cartilage
• Zone of proliferating
cartilage
• Zone of
hypertrophied
cartilage
• Zone of calcified
cartilage
Centers of ossification
• Primary center
• Secondary center
• Epiphyseal line
Types of epiphysis
Pressure epiphysis- articular & take part in
transmission of weight e.g. head of femur, lower
end of radius
Traction epiphysis- Nonarticular & does not
take part in the transmission of the weight.
• Tendons are attached here which exert a
traction on the epiphysis
• Ossify later then the pressure epiphysis e.g.
trochanters of tubercles of humerus
Atavistic epiphysis- femur, Phylogenetically an
independent bone which in man become fused
to another bone e.g. coracoid process of
scapula & os trigonum
Aberrant epiphysis- Not always present e.g.
epiphysis at the head of first metacarpal & at
the base of other metacarpal bones
Blood supply of bone
• Nutrient artery
• Periosteal vessels
• Metaphyseal vessels
• Epiphyseal vessels
• Lymphatic supply- lymphatics present only in
periosteum & Haversian system
• Accompany blood vessels
• No lymphatic in the bone marrow
• Lymphatic of the haversian system drain in to
periosteal vessels
• Nerve supply- Most numerous at the articular
ends of the long bones vertebrae & flat bones
• Distributed freely to the periosteum & with the
branches of nutrient artery.
• Consist of both sensory & autonomic fibers
(blood vessels)
Some important points about
ossification
• Ossification begins constantly at a prefixed
spot & at a fairly constant time
• Centre may be primary or secondary
• Primary center may be single or multiple
but appear & as a rule appear before birth
• Between 6 to 8th wk of fetal life. Exception
cuneiform & navicular bones
• Secondary center usually multiple &
appear after birth. Exception are lower end
of femur
• Most long bones have epiphysis at both ends
the epiphysis which ossifies first unites with the
diaphysis last & the epiphysis which ossifies
last fuses first. Exceptions. Lower end of fibula
where epiphysis ossifies first, also fuses last
with shaft
• The end of the long bone where epiphysis
appear first & fuses last is called the growing
end of the bone
• The direction of the nutrient artery is always
away from the growing end of the bone given
away by rhyme,
To the elbow I go, from the knee I flee”
• The different centers of ossification first unite
together & then they unite with the shaft
• In long bones growing ends of the bone fuses with
the shaft at about 20 years & the opposite end at
about 18 years i.e. 2 years earlier
• Fusion of epiphysis with diaphysis occurs 2 years
earlier in women than in men. Epiphysis also
appear earlier in women
• Epiphysis in bones other than long bones fuses
with main part of the bone between 20-25 years
Estimation of age, sex &height from
the bones
• Timing of eruption of milk teeth & permanent
teeth can estimate age up to18 years
• Age at which epiphysis of the bone appears
and fuses with the diaphysis es fairly
constant. This can provides the age till 25
years
• After 25 years age is estimated by the closing
of cranial sutures &changes occuring at the
medial surface of pubic bones. this age can
be estimated till 60 years
• Sex can be determined by studying
morphological feature of the bone & the
measurement of skull & pelvis
• Race can be determined with85-90%
accuracy by metrical & nonmetrical data
developed from cranial &other parts of
skeleton.

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• Specialized dense connective tissue

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