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***Mesenchymal cells  
 
***Mesenchymal cells  
 
***Arise from bone marrow stroma
 
***Arise from bone marrow stroma
***Produce bone matrix = '''osteoid'''
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***Produce bone matrix = '''osteoid''' - uncalcified
 
***Cell membranes are rich in alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
 
***Cell membranes are rich in alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
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***Promoted by growth factors
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***Plump, cuboidal basophilic cells
 
**'''Osteocytes'''
 
**'''Osteocytes'''
 
***Osteoblasts that have become surrounded by mineralised bone matrix
 
***Osteoblasts that have become surrounded by mineralised bone matrix
 
***Occupy cavities called '''lacunae'''
 
***Occupy cavities called '''lacunae'''
 
**'''Osteoclasts'''
 
**'''Osteoclasts'''
***Multinucleated cells  
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***Large, often multinucleated cells  
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***Acidophilic cytoplasm
 
***Derived from haematopoietic stem cells
 
***Derived from haematopoietic stem cells
 
***Responsible for bone resorption (have a brush border for this)
 
***Responsible for bone resorption (have a brush border for this)
*'''Matrix'''
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***Sit in bone surface depression - '''Howship's lacuna'''
**Type I collagen forms the backbone of the matrix  
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*'''Matrix''':
**Mineral – accounts for 65% of bone and includes Ca, P, Mg, Mn, Zn, Cu, Na
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**Osteoid
 
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***Type I collagen forms the backbone of the matrix (90%)
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***Non-collagenous protein forming amorphous ground substance (10%)
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**Mineral
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***Crystalline lattice of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate
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***Also contains Mg, Mn, Zn, Cu, Na, F
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***Accounts for 65% of bone
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===Bone organisation===
 
===Bone organisation===
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*****Forms the shell of long bone shafts - contain [[Haversian systems]]
 
*****Forms the shell of long bone shafts - contain [[Haversian systems]]
 
****'''Cancellous bone''' (spongy or trabecular)  
 
****'''Cancellous bone''' (spongy or trabecular)  
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*****Made up of plates, tubes or bars arranged in lines of stress
 
*****In vertebrae, flat bones and epiphyses of long bones
 
*****In vertebrae, flat bones and epiphyses of long bones
 
*****Contains no Haversian systems
 
*****Contains no Haversian systems
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*Inner layer  
 
*Inner layer  
 
**Merges with the outer layer of bone
 
**Merges with the outer layer of bone
**Contains osteoblasts and osteoprogenitor stem cells
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**Contains osteoblasts and osteoprogenitor stem cells in young animals and in adults with fractures or disease
 
*Damage to the periosteum invokes a hyperplastic reaction of the inner layer
 
*Damage to the periosteum invokes a hyperplastic reaction of the inner layer
 
*The blood supply to the mature bone enters via the periosteum
 
*The blood supply to the mature bone enters via the periosteum
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*'''Endosteum''' lines the marrow cavity
     
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