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==Changes to normal structure==
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===Damage to Periosteum===
 
*Invokes a hyperplastic reaction of the inner layer
 
*Is painful
 
*Exostoses can remodel or remain
 
  
Lifting of periosteum causes new bone formation below
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===Introduction===
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*Bone is a hard, highly specialised connective tissue
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*Consists of interconnected cells embedded in a calcified, collagenous matrix
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*Living, dynamic, responsive tissue, growing and remodelling throughout life
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*Pathogenesis of many bone diseases is complex
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**May involve genetic defects, diet or infection or a combination of these
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*'''Function''':
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**Support/protection
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**Movement
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**Stem cell storage
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**Mineral storage
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===Normal structure===
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[[Image:Bone micro structure.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Microscopic bone (Courtesy of RVC Histology images)</center></small>]]
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*'''Cells'''
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**'''Osteoblasts'''
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***Mesenchymal cells
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***Arise from bone marrow stroma
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***Histologically:
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****Plump and cuboidal when active
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****Basophilic cytoplasm
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****When inactive - less cytoplasm -> flattened
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***Produce bone matrix = '''osteoid''' - uncalcified
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****Homogeneous substance
 +
****Stains light pink with H&E
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***Cell membranes are rich in alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
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****Possibly involved in pumping calcium across membranes
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***Promoted by growth factors
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***Have receptors for [[Bones - normal#Bone resorption|PTH]]
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****They contract in response -> space for osteoclasts to attach
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**'''Osteocytes'''
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***Osteoblasts that have become surrounded by mineralised bone matrix
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***Occupy cavities called '''lacunae'''
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***Contact osteoblasts and each other with cytoplasmic processes
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****Reach through canaliculi in mineralised bone matrix
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***Regulate composition of bone fluid
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**'''Osteoclasts'''
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***Histologically:
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****Large, often multinucleated cells
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****Acidophilic cytoplasm
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***Derived from haematopoietic stem cells
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***Responsible for bone resorption
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****Firstly dissolve mineral followed by collagen
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****Use brush border for this
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***Sit in bone surface depression - '''Howship's lacuna'''
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***Do <u>not</u> have receptors for PTH
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***Have receptors for [[Bones - normal#Bone resorption|calcitonin]]
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****Involute their brush border in response
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****Detach from bone surface
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*'''Matrix''':
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**Osteoid
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***Type I collagen forms the backbone of the matrix (90%)
 +
****Molecules in staggered rows
 +
***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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 +
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===Bone organisation===
 +
 
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*Patterns of collagen deposition:
 +
**'''Woven bone''':
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***"Random weave" which is only a normal feature in the foetus
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***Coarse collagen fibres
 +
***Later removed by osteoclasts and replaced by lamellar bone
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***In adults it is a sign of a pathological condition (e.g. fracture, inflammation, neoplasia)
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**'''Lamellar bone''':
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***Orderly layers which are much stronger than woven bone
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***Fine collagen fibres in concentric or parallel laminae
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***Two main types:
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****'''Compact bone (cortical)'''
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*****Forms 80% of total bone mass
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*****Consists of cells and interstitial substance - 30% ossein (type of collagen) and 70% minerals, especially calcium phosphate
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*****Forms the shell of long bone shafts - contain [[Haversian systems]]
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****'''Cancellous bone (spongy or trabecular)'''
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*****Made up of plates, tubes or bars arranged in lines of stress
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*****In vertebrae, flat bones and epiphyses of long bones
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*****Contains no Haversian systems
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**'''Laminar bone'''
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***Formed on periosteal surface of diaphysis
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***Accomodates rapid growth of large dogs and farm animals
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***Plates of woven bone from within the periosteum
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***Concentric plates
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***As it forms, it fuses with the bone surface
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===Periosteum and blood supply===
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*Specialised sheath of connective tissue covering bone except at the articular surfaces
 +
*Inner layer
 +
**Merges with the outer layer of bone
 +
**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
 +
*The blood supply to the mature bone enters via the periosteum
 +
 
 +
*'''Endosteum''' lines the marrow cavity
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===Bone development===
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*Two main types of bone development:
 +
**'''Endochondral ossification''' (cartilage model)
 +
***Long bones mainly - physis and metaphysis
 +
***Mesenchymal cells differentiate into chondroblasts
 +
****Produce scaffold of mineralised cartilage on which osteoblasts deposit bone
 +
***Vascularised
 +
***Developed centres of ossification
 +
****Primary (diaphyseal)
 +
****Secondary (epiphyseal)
 +
**'''Intramembranous ossification'''
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***Flat bones mainly (e.g. skull), shaft of long bones
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***Mesenchymal cells differentiate into osteoblasts
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***No cartilage precursor template
  
Circumferential incision (e.g. during [[Bones Fractures - Pathology|fracture]])
 
*Longitudinal bone growth results
 
*May be only on one side where periosteum is damaged
 
**Used by surgeons to treat [[Angular Limb Deformity|angular limb deformities]]
 
  
 
===Physis (Growth plate)===
 
===Physis (Growth plate)===
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[[Image:Growth plate.jpg|left|thumb|100px|<small><center>Growth plate (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
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[[Image:Growth plate closer.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Growth plate magnified(Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
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*Originates from the cartilage model that remains only at the junction of the diaphyseal and epiphyseal centres
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*Cartilage of metaphyseal growth plate is divided into: (from right to left on the magnified image)
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** - Resting (reserve) zone
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** - Proliferative zone
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** - Hypertrophic zone
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*Site of many '''congenital''' or '''nutritional''' bone diseases in the growing animal
 
*Site of many '''congenital''' or '''nutritional''' bone diseases in the growing animal
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*'''Closes and ossifies''' at maturity
 
*'''Closes and ossifies''' at maturity
 
**Regulated by androgens
 
**Regulated by androgens
*If growth teporarily stops -> layer of bone seals the growth plate -> moves into metaphysis when growth resumes -> forms '''Harris lines'''
 
  
==Test yourself with the Bone and Cartilage Pathology Flashcards==
 
  
[[Bones_and_Cartilage_Flashcards_-_Pathology|Bones and Cartilage Flashcards]]
 
  
  
[[Category:Bones - Pathology|A]]
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===Bone resorption===
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*Mediated by two hormones:
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**'''Parathyroid hormone (PTH)'''
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***Produced by <u>chief cells in the parathyroid glands</u> in response to <u>decreased</u> serum calcium
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***In response, osteoclasts increase in number and resorb mineralised matrix - increase Ca in blood
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**'''Calcitonin'''
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***Produced by <u>C-cells in the thyroid glands</u> in response to <u>increased</u> serum calcium
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***Inhibits osteoclasts
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===Bone dynamics===
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*Bone growth and maintenance of normal structure are directly related to mechanical forces
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*Mechanical forces generate bioelectrical potentials (piezoelectricity)
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**These potentials strengthen bone
 +
**Inactivity reduces the potentials -> bone loss
 +
 
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*In neonates:
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**Bone growth predominates
 +
**Modelling is important
 +
*In adults:
 +
**Formation of bone is balanced by resorption - remodelling
 +
**Continues throughout life under the influence of hormones and mechanical pressure
 +
**Bone resorption may exceed formation in pathological states (hormonal, trauma, nutritional) or in old age and disuse
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Revision as of 08:43, 10 October 2007

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Introduction

  • Bone is a hard, highly specialised connective tissue
  • Consists of interconnected cells embedded in a calcified, collagenous matrix
  • Living, dynamic, responsive tissue, growing and remodelling throughout life
  • Pathogenesis of many bone diseases is complex
    • May involve genetic defects, diet or infection or a combination of these
  • Function:
    • Support/protection
    • Movement
    • Stem cell storage
    • Mineral storage


Normal structure

Microscopic bone (Courtesy of RVC Histology images)
  • Cells
    • Osteoblasts
      • Mesenchymal cells
      • Arise from bone marrow stroma
      • Histologically:
        • Plump and cuboidal when active
        • Basophilic cytoplasm
        • When inactive - less cytoplasm -> flattened
      • Produce bone matrix = osteoid - uncalcified
        • Homogeneous substance
        • Stains light pink with H&E
      • Cell membranes are rich in alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
        • Possibly involved in pumping calcium across membranes
      • Promoted by growth factors
      • Have receptors for PTH
        • They contract in response -> space for osteoclasts to attach
    • Osteocytes
      • Osteoblasts that have become surrounded by mineralised bone matrix
      • Occupy cavities called lacunae
      • Contact osteoblasts and each other with cytoplasmic processes
        • Reach through canaliculi in mineralised bone matrix
      • Regulate composition of bone fluid
    • Osteoclasts
      • Histologically:
        • Large, often multinucleated cells
        • Acidophilic cytoplasm
      • Derived from haematopoietic stem cells
      • Responsible for bone resorption
        • Firstly dissolve mineral followed by collagen
        • Use brush border for this
      • Sit in bone surface depression - Howship's lacuna
      • Do not have receptors for PTH
      • Have receptors for calcitonin
        • Involute their brush border in response
        • Detach from bone surface
  • Matrix:
    • Osteoid
      • Type I collagen forms the backbone of the matrix (90%)
        • Molecules in staggered rows
      • Non-collagenous protein forming amorphous ground substance (10%)
    • Mineral
      • Crystalline lattice of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate
      • Also contains Mg, Mn, Zn, Cu, Na, F
      • Accounts for 65% of bone


Bone organisation

  • Patterns of collagen deposition:
    • Woven bone:
      • "Random weave" which is only a normal feature in the foetus
      • Coarse collagen fibres
      • Later removed by osteoclasts and replaced by lamellar bone
      • In adults it is a sign of a pathological condition (e.g. fracture, inflammation, neoplasia)
    • Lamellar bone:
      • Orderly layers which are much stronger than woven bone
      • Fine collagen fibres in concentric or parallel laminae
      • Two main types:
        • Compact bone (cortical)
          • Forms 80% of total bone mass
          • Consists of cells and interstitial substance - 30% ossein (type of collagen) and 70% minerals, especially calcium phosphate
          • Forms the shell of long bone shafts - contain Haversian systems
        • Cancellous bone (spongy or trabecular)
          • Made up of plates, tubes or bars arranged in lines of stress
          • In vertebrae, flat bones and epiphyses of long bones
          • Contains no Haversian systems
    • Laminar bone
      • Formed on periosteal surface of diaphysis
      • Accomodates rapid growth of large dogs and farm animals
      • Plates of woven bone from within the periosteum
      • Concentric plates
      • As it forms, it fuses with the bone surface


Periosteum and blood supply

  • Specialised sheath of connective tissue covering bone except at the articular surfaces
  • Inner layer
    • Merges with the outer layer of bone
    • 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
  • The blood supply to the mature bone enters via the periosteum
  • Endosteum lines the marrow cavity


Bone development

  • Two main types of bone development:
    • Endochondral ossification (cartilage model)
      • Long bones mainly - physis and metaphysis
      • Mesenchymal cells differentiate into chondroblasts
        • Produce scaffold of mineralised cartilage on which osteoblasts deposit bone
      • Vascularised
      • Developed centres of ossification
        • Primary (diaphyseal)
        • Secondary (epiphyseal)
    • Intramembranous ossification
      • Flat bones mainly (e.g. skull), shaft of long bones
      • Mesenchymal cells differentiate into osteoblasts
      • No cartilage precursor template


Physis (Growth plate)

Growth plate (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)
Growth plate magnified(Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)


  • Originates from the cartilage model that remains only at the junction of the diaphyseal and epiphyseal centres


  • Cartilage of metaphyseal growth plate is divided into: (from right to left on the magnified image)
    • - Resting (reserve) zone
    • - Proliferative zone
    • - Hypertrophic zone



  • Site of many congenital or nutritional bone diseases in the growing animal
  • Open in neonates and growing animals
    • Chondrocyte proliferation balances cell maturation and death
  • Closes and ossifies at maturity
    • Regulated by androgens



Bone resorption

  • Mediated by two hormones:
    • Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
      • Produced by chief cells in the parathyroid glands in response to decreased serum calcium
      • In response, osteoclasts increase in number and resorb mineralised matrix - increase Ca in blood
    • Calcitonin
      • Produced by C-cells in the thyroid glands in response to increased serum calcium
      • Inhibits osteoclasts


Bone dynamics

  • Bone growth and maintenance of normal structure are directly related to mechanical forces
  • Mechanical forces generate bioelectrical potentials (piezoelectricity)
    • These potentials strengthen bone
    • Inactivity reduces the potentials -> bone loss
  • In neonates:
    • Bone growth predominates
    • Modelling is important
  • In adults:
    • Formation of bone is balanced by resorption - remodelling
    • Continues throughout life under the influence of hormones and mechanical pressure
    • Bone resorption may exceed formation in pathological states (hormonal, trauma, nutritional) or in old age and disuse


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