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Vertebrate Histology Exam 2

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Chapter 3: Connective Tissue

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Functions of connective tissue

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Support:

  • Binds, anchors and supports (structurally and functionally) cells, tissues, and organs
  • Glue that holds everything together

Defense:

  • Can act as physical barrier

Transport:

  • Cells, fluid, and other substances between tissues of the body

Storage:

  • E.g. calcium or fat

Repair:

  • Scar formation

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Connective tissue

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  • Develops from mesenchyme (mesoderm; embryonic connective tissue)
  • Consists of cells and extracellular matrix (ECM)

ECM consists of

  • Extracellular fluid (ECF)
  • Ground substance (gel-like matrix supporting fibers & cells and allows for diffusion of ECF)
  • Protein fibers (collagen, reticular, elastic)

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Classification of connective tissue

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Based on amount, type, arrangement, and abundance of cells, fibers, and ground substance

Loose: loose, irregular arrangement of fibers in matrix and abundant cells

Dense: thicker more densely packed fibers with fewer cells and less ground substance

  • Irregular: random orientation of fibers
  • Regular: parallel orientation of fibers

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Classification of connective tissue

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Embryonic connective tissue

Mesenchyme

Mucus connective tissue

Connective tissue proper

Loose connective tissue

Dense connective tissue

(regular and irregular)

Specialized connective tissue

Cartilage

Bone

Adipose tissue

Hematopoietic tissue (blood, bone marrow, lymphatic tissue)

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Connective Tissue Components

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Cells

Extracellular matrix (ECM)

  • Extracellular fluid (ECF)
  • Ground Substance
  • Fibers

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Cells of connective tissue

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Permanent / resident cells

Fibroblasts

  • Special names: chondroblasts, chondrocytes & osteoblasts, osteocytes

Adipose cells

Cells with pigmented granules

Migratory cells

  • Macrophages
  • Mast cells
  • Plasma cells
  • Other leukocytes

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Cells of connective tissue

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Resident cells: Fibroblasts

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Fibroblasts: fusiform-shaped, synthesize fibers and ground substance (proteins and carbohydrates)

  • Elongated cell with cytoplasmic projections
  • Ovoid nucleus (typically all that is visible with H & E)

Cartilage = chondroblasts & chondrocytes

Bone = osteoblasts & osteocytes

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Resident cells: Adipose cells

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  • Single cells or groups of cells

When major cell type, connective tissue is called adipose tissue

  • store fat (insulation, protection, energy source)
  • Narrow rim of cytoplasm
  • Flattened off-center nucleus
  • Large empty space (dissolved fat)

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Migratory cells: Macrophages

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  • Phagocytic cells

Ingest bacteria, dead cells, cell debris, and foreign material

Antigen presentation

  • Found in loose connective tissue
  • Round with irregular borders
  • Special names: Kupfer cells in liver; osteoclasts in bone; microglia in central nervous system

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Migratory cells: Mast cells

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  • Found near blood vessels in connective tissue of skin, digestive organs, and respiratory organs
  • Spherical with fine dark-staining (purple) granules that induce inflammatory responses
  • Small central, spherical nucleus
  • Synthesize and release heparin and histamine during allergic reactions (anaphylactic reactions & shock)

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Migratory cells: Plasma cells

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  • Lymphocytes that have migrated into connective tissue of respiratory and digestive tracts
  • Small cell
  • Off-center nucleus with radial clumps of chromatin
  • Synthesize and secrete humoral antibodies
  • Primary cell type during chronic inflammation

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Migratory cells: Other Leukocytes (white blood cells)

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  • Migrate into connective tissue to produce immune response (defense)
  • Lymphocytes: spherical cell with dense purple nucleus; antibodies and cytotoxic reactions
  • Eosinophils: bilobed nucleus, large pink/red granules in cytoplasm; parasitic infections and allergic reactions
  • Neutrophils: multilobed nucleus, non-staining granules; destroy bacteria

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Connective Tissue Components

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Cells

Extracellular matrix (ECM)

  • Extracellular fluid (ECF)
  • Ground Substance
  • Fibers

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Extracellular matrix: ECF

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Fluid component that is similar to plasma

Circulates throughout the ground substance

  • Transporting nutrients, oxygen, signaling molecules, carbon dioxide, waste, and blood-borne materials to/from cells

Originates from blood in capillaries and returns to blood through capillaries and lymphatic vessels

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Edema

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increased ECF and/or cells in any tissue type—common in epithelial & connective tissues

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Connective Tissue Components

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Cells

Extracellular matrix (ECM)

  • Extracellular fluid (ECF)
  • Ground Substance
  • Fibers

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Extracellular matrix: Ground substance

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Amorphous, transparent extracellular matrix

Semifluid gel with high water content to allow diffusion of nutrients—due to ECF perfusion

  • May be mineralized (bone, cartilage)
  • Resistance to compression

Supports, surrounds, and binds all connective tissue cells and fibers

Composed of glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans, and adhesive glycoproteins (fibronectin, integrins, and laminin)

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Extracellular matrix: Ground substance

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Gel quality of ground substance slows down flow rate of ECF

  • Allows for more time for diffusion of oxygen, electrolytes, nutrients, and metabolites between cells and blood vessels
  • Slows down movement of large molecules and pathogens

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Connective Tissue Components

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  • Cells

Extracellular matrix (ECM)

  • Extracellular fluid (ECF)
  • Ground Substance
  • Fibers

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Fibers of connective tissue

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Amount and arrangement of 3 fiber types depend on function of tissues and organs where they are found

  • Collagen
  • Reticular
  • Elastic

All fiber types produced by fibroblasts

Proteins with long peptide chains

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Fibers: Collagen fibers

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  • Tough, thick, non-branching fibers
  • Most abundant fiber type in connective tissue
  • Numerous subtypes of collagen fibers
  • Stain with eosin (pink)
  • Flexible and strong

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Skin scar (keloid formation):

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increased abundance of collagen fibers replacing normal tissue structures

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Fibers: Reticular fibers

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  • Mainly type III collagen
  • Delicate, thin, netlike framework of branching fibers
  • Do not form bundles
  • Only visible with silver stain (brown to black)
  • Liver, lymph nodes, spleen, hemopoietic organs, where blood/lymph filtered
  • Support capillaries, nerves, muscle cells

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Fibers: Elastic fibers

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  • Thin, small branching fibers
  • Allow stretch (up to 150% resting length)—recoil without deformation
  • Less tensile strength than collagen
  • Often interwoven among collagen fibers
  • Composed of proteins
  • Microfibrils and elastin
  • Lungs, bladder, skin, aorta, and pulmonary trunk are examples where elastic fibers are prominent

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Connective tissue types

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Embryonic connective tissue

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  • Mesenchyme (top panels) and mucus connective tissue (bottom panels)
  • Loose and irregular
  • Ground substance is semifluid to jellylike
  • Numerous fibroblasts (lots of projections)
  • Fine collagen or reticular fibers

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Loose (areolar) connective tissue

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  • More prevalent than dense connective tissue
  • Loose, irregular fiber arrangement
  • Cell density > Fiber density
  • Large amount of intercellular space

Main constituents:

  • Collagen fibers
  • Fibroblasts
  • Adipose cells
  • Mast cells
  • Macrophages

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Loose connective tissue

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Loose connective tissue

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Dense connective tissue

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  • Thicker and more densely packed collagen fibers vs. loose connective tissue
  • Fewer cell types
  • Fiber density > Cell density
  • Minimal intercellular space
  • Less ground substance

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Dense irregular connective tissue

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  • Random and irregular orientation of collagen fibers, interlaced with a few elastic and/or reticular fibers
  • Fibroblast is main cell type (occasional macrophages and mast cells)
  • Dermis of skin, capsules of organs, and areas needing strong support
  • Provides tensile strength and support in many directions
  • Resists stretching and tearing

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Dense irregular connective tissue

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Dense irregular connective tissue

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Dense irregular connective tissue

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Hypertrophic scars and keloids

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Dense regular connective tissue

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  • Densely packed collagen fibers with a parallel arrangement and very little ECM
  • Some ligaments have densely packed, parallel elastic fibers
  • Fibroblasts main cell type and line up between fiber bundles
  • Tendons and ligaments
  • Provide great tensile strength in a single direction

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Dense regular connective tissue: longitudinal section

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Dense regular connective tissue: longitudinal section

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White adipose (unilocular) tissue

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  • Lipid storage
  • Large cells
  • Fat is single droplet of triglycerides
  • Wide distribution
  • Energy source
  • Insulation
  • Cushions organs
  • Highly vascular

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White adipose (unilocular) tissue

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Brown adipose (multilocular) tissue

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  • Metabolism
  • Smaller cells
  • Fat is multiple small droplets
  • Heat supply
  • Dominate adipose tissue in hibernating animals and infants
  • In adults—adrenal glands and vessels in neck or in wasting disease

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Cartilage

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  • Tensile strength
  • Structural support for soft tissues
  • Flexibility without distortion
  • Resists compression

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Cartilage has typical connective tissue components

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Cells

Extracellular matrix

  • ECF + Ground Substance
  • Fibers

Collagen often obscured by viscosity of ground substance

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Cartilage

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Cells

  • Chondrocytes and chondroblasts (generate ECM)—cartilage fibroblasts

Extracellular matrix (ECM) (>95% tissue volume)

  • Fibers = collagen (individual fibers not visible)
  • Ground substance = hyaluronic acid & glycoproteins

Nonvascular: nutrients must diffuse through ECM

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Cartilage cells

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Mesenchyme cells (during development)

  • Differentiate into chondroblasts
  • Also form fibroblasts of perichondrium

Chondroblasts

  • Divide via mitosis forming isogenous groups and synthesize ECM

Chondrocytes

  • Mature chondroblasts surrounded by ECM and located in lacunae
  • Maintain ECM

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Perichondrium

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Found surrounding hyaline and elastic cartilages only

Peripheral layer of vascularized dense irregular connective tissue

  • Outer fibrous layer = collagen and fibroblasts
  • Inner cellular layer = chondrogenic cells that form chondroblasts

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Cartilage matrix

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Produced and maintained by chondrocytes and chondroblasts

  • Appears glassy

Collagen fibers provide firmness and resilience

  • Semi rigid (shock absorber)—soft and pliable
  • Chondronectin links cells to fibers in matrix
  • Obscured by ground substance

Ground substance associated with fibers

  • Sulfated glycosaminoglycans
  • Hyaluronic acid
  • High water content

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Cartilage matrix staining regions

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  • Ground substance is basophilic but does not stain homogenously --> glycoproteins concentration
  • Capsular/ pericellular matrix: ring of more densely stained matrix around the chondrocyte
  • Territorial matrix: surrounds the isogenous group
  • Interterritorial matrix: outer region that occupies spaces between isogenous groups

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Cartilage matrix, cells, and perichondrium

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Types of cartilage are distinguished based on amount and types of fibers

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Hyaline cartilage

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Most common with glassy ECM

Embryos

  • Skeletal model for most bones

Adults

  • Articular surfaces (joints), end of ribs, nose, larynx, trachea, bronchi

Firm structural and flexible support

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Hyaline cartilage and perichondrium: trachea

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Osteoarthritis: Erosion of Joint Hyaline Cartilage

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Elastic cartilage

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Similar in appearance to hyaline cartilage

Matrix has numerous branching elastic fibers in matrix in addition to hyaline cartilage components

  • Has perichondrium
  • Highly flexible
  • Structural support
  • Matrix NEVER calcifies!

External ear, walls of auditory tube, epiglottis, and larynx

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Elastic cartilage (epiglottis)

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Fibrocartilage

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Large amounts of dense irregular bundles of coarse collagen in ECM

  • Alternating layers of cartilage matrix and collagen bundles

Fibers oriented in direction of stress

Intervertebral disks, symphysis pubis, and certain joints

  • Tensile strength, bear weight, resist stretch or compression

No perichondrium

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Fibrocartilage (intervertebral disk)

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Chondrogenesis

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Interstitial growth

  • Mitosis of chondrocytes within matrix
  • Addition of matrix surrounding new cells
  • Increase cartilage size from within

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Chondrogenesis

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Appositional growth

  • At periphery of cartilage
  • Chondroblasts differentiate from perichondrium
  • New matrix deposited next to existing cartilage
  • Increase cartilage width

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Bone

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Calcified due to mineral deposition in matrix

  • Collagen fibers and calcium dominate matrix

Can bear more weight than cartilage

  • Rigid skeleton
  • Attachments for muscles and organs
  • Protects organs

Hemopoeisis (blood cell formation)

Storage of calcium, phosphate, and other minerals

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Bone

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ECM continually renewed or remodeled

  • Mineral needs of body
  • Mechanical stress
  • Bone thinning (age or disease)
  • Fracture healing

Blood calcium regulation

  • Parathyroid hormone: increases blood calcium by promoting bone resorption (activate osteoclasts)
  • Calcitonin: decreases blood calcium by inhibiting bone resorption (inhibit osteoclasts; activate osteocytes

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Bone formation (ossification)

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Endochondral ossification

  • Cartilage model
  • Bones that bear weight

Intramembranous ossification

  • No cartilage model
  • Flat bones

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Endochondral ossification

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Way most bones develop

Temporary hyaline cartilage model precedes bone formation

As cartilage model grows and development progresses

  • Calcification begins
  • Chondrocytes die due to lack of nutrients

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Endochondral ossification

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Inner perichondrial cells form thin collar of bone around middle of bone shaft

  • Now called a periosteum

Osteoblasts secrete osteoid matrix that later calcifies

  • Once surrounded cells called osteocytes (located in lacunae)

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Endochondral ossification

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Osteocytes form cell-cell connections through channels called canaliculi

  • Link to blood vessels here as well

Osteoprogenitor cells are also found on inner bone surface (endosteum)

Bone gradually replaces cartilage

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Endochondral ossification

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Intramembranous ossification

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  • Mesenchyme cells differentiate directly into osteoblasts—no cartilage precursor
  • Osteoblasts produce osteoid matrix which calcifies
  • Form and produce network of spongy bone
  • Thin rods, plates, and spines of bone matrix called trabeculae
  • Osteoblasts change to osteocytes located in lacunae and connected by canaliculi
  • Mandible, maxilla, clavicles, and flat bones of skull

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Bone cells

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  • Osteoprogenitor (osteogenic) cells
  • Osteoblasts
  • Osteocytes
  • Osteoclasts

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Osteoprogenitor (osteogenic) cells

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  • Undifferentiated stem cells derived from mesenchyme
  • Inner layer of periosteum and entire endosteum
  • Continuous source of osteoblasts

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Osteoblasts

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  • Found on surfaces of bone
  • Synthesize, secrete, and deposit osteoid matrix
  • Calcify bone matrix by releasing vesicles of hydroxyapatite crystals
  • Apposed next to growing bone

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Osteocytes

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  • Mature osteoblasts trapped in lacunae
  • Smaller than osteoblasts
  • Branched with extensions in canaliculi
  • Form gap junctions with neighboring cells
  • Exchange of nutrients

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Osteoclasts

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  • Large, multinucleated cells
  • Bone macrophages
  • Where resorption, remodeling, and repair are occurring

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Bone matrix

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Hard, no diffusion of nutrients

  • Highly vascularized

Resists tension and compression

Mostly collagen fibers

Other components

  • Sulfated glycosaminoglycans
  • Hyaluronic acid
  • Osteocalcin and osteopontin
  • Hydroxyapatite crystals (calcium phosphate)

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Bone types

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  • Compact bone
  • Cancellous (spongy) bone
  • Look the same under microscope when stained with H & E!
  • Therefore, we use dried sections for compact bone in lab.

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Compact bone

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Collagen fibers arrange in thin layers of bone called lamellae

  • Each lamellae is parallel to adjacent ones
  • Form concentric circles around blood vessels

Outer circumferential lamellae

  • Just interior to periosteum

Inner circumferential lamellae

  • Surround bone marrow cavity (endosteum)

Concentric lamellae

  • Surround canals with blood vessels and nerves
  • Form unit called osteon (Haversian canal system)

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Compact bone

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  • Lacunae with osteocytes and canaliculi are found between lamellae of osteon
  • Volkmann’s perforating canals cross concentric lamellae and connect adjacent osteons

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Compact bone

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Compact bone

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Cancellous (spongy) bone

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  • Resembles developing bone during intramembranous ossification
  • Calcified matrix forms interconnecting trabeculae (spicules) with numerous connected marrow cavities
  • Usually sandwiched between layers of compact bone

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Cancellous (spongy) bone

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Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)

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Genetically inherited mutation of Collagen Type I genes

  • Not only causing brittle bones but also other connective tissue defects

OI decreases bone thickness due to slow bone formation, reduced # trabeculae, thinner trabeculae, & increased bone resorption

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Overview of Blood

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Fluid connective tissue (ECM = ECF + Ground Substance)

Functions

  • Transport nutrients and oxygen to cells
  • Transport carbon dioxide and waste away from cells
  • Transport of hormones and other regulatory substances to/from cells
  • Maintenance of homeostasis (buffer, coagulation, thermoregulation)
  • Transport of antibodies and immune cells

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Components of blood

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Cells (45% volume)—formed elements

  • Erythrocytes: red blood cells
  • Leukocytes: white blood cells
  • Thrombocytes: platelets

Plasma (55% volume)

  • Liquid extracellular matrix (ECF + Ground Substance)
  • Mostly water
  • No fibers
  • Gives fluid properties to blood

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Blood Cell Types: Appearance

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Blood Cell Types: General Features

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Erythrocytes

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  • Enucleated and devoid of typical organelles
  • Bind oxygen and carbon dioxide
  • Biconcave disk to maximize surface area for gas exchange
  • 120 day lifespan
  • Stain uniformly with eosin (hemoglobin

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Erythrocytes and platelets

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Erythrocytes: sickle cell anemia

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Leukocytes

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Granulocytes: cells containing specific granules

  • Neutrophils
  • Eosinophils
  • Basophils

Agranulocytes: cells without specific granules

  • Lymphocytes
  • Monocytes

Function outside of blood vessels (defense)

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Neutrophils

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  • Most numerous white blood cell (60-70%)
  • 2-3 day lifespan
  • Phagocytic
  • 10-12 µm diameter
  • No characteristic cytoplasmic staining
  • Multilobed nucleus

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Eosinophils

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  • Same size as neutrophils
  • 10 day lifespan
  • Bilobed nucleus
  • 2-4% of leukocytes
  • Allergic reactions, parasitic infections, chronic inflammation

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Eosinophillia in epithelial tissue during parasitic infections or allergic reactions

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Basophils

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  • Rare (< 1%)
  • Same size as neutrophils
  • Short life span
  • Numerous, large, purple granules
  • Lobed nucleus
  • Vascular disturbances associated with hypersensitivity and anaphylaxis

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Lymphocytes

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  • Most common agranulocyte (20-30% leukocytes)
  • Variable lifespan
  • Immunocompetent cells
  • In transit from one lymphatic tissue to another
  • About size of erythrocyte
  • Intensely purple stained, indented nucleus (may also be round)
  • Thin, pale blue rim of cytoplasm

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Lymphocytes: Leukemia

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Monocytes

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  • Largest white blood cell (18 µm diameter)
  • 3-8% of leukocytes
  • Differentiate in body tissues to macrophages
  • Only in blood 3 days
  • Indented nucleus (round to horseshoe shape)—kidney bean shape common
  • Abundant pale blue cytoplasm
  • Act as antigen presenting cells

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Thrombocytes:
platelets

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  • Platelets derived from large polyploid cell (megakaryocyte)
  • Small bits of cytoplasm from peripheral area of megakaryocyte break off
  • ~2-3 µm
  • 10 day life span
  • Important for hemostasis (clotting and blood vessel repair)

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Human blood smear

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Formation of blood cells

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Hemopoiesis (hematopoiesis) includes erythropoiesis, leukopoiesis, and thrombopoiesis

Blood cells are continuously produced and destroyed

Formed in red bone marrow and lymphatic tissue of adults

  • Yellow bone marrow no longer supports hematopoiesis because marrow is full of fat

Monophyletic theory of hemopoiesis: blood cells derived from a common stem cell

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Formation of blood cells

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Cell #1: Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell in red bone marrow is common stem cell

Cell #2 (one of the following):

  • Pluripotential myeloid stem cells

Erythrocytes, granulocytes, monocytes, megakaryocytes

  • Pluripotential lymphoid stem cells

Lymphocytes

Stem cells undergo numerous divisions and differentiations before mature blood cells are formed

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Formation of blood cells

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Red bone marrow: reticular connective tissue

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Erythropoiesis

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1.Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell

2.Pluripotential myeloid stem cell

3.Proerythroblast

4.Basophilic erythroblast

5.Polychromatophilic erythroblast

6.Normoblast

7.Reticulocyte

8.Mature erythrocyte

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Development of granulocytes: part of leukopoiesis

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1.Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell

2.Pluripotential myeloid stem cell

3.Myeloblast

4.Promyelocyte

5.Myelocyte (one of the following):

  • 1.Eosinophilic myelocyte --> Eosinophil
  • 2.Basophilic myelocyte --> Basophil
  • 3.Neutrophilic myelocyte --> Neutrophil

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Development of monocytes: part of leukopoiesis

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1.Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell

2.Pluripotential myeloid stem cell

3.Monoblast

4.Promonocyte

5.Monocyte leaves blood à Macrophage in connective tissue

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Development of lymphocytes: part of leukopoiesis

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1.Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell

2.Pluripotential lymphoid stem cell

3.Lymphoblast

4.Prolymphocyte

5.Large lymphocyte

  • 1.T lymphocyte
  • 2.B lymphocyte leaves blood à Plasma cell in connective tissue

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Thrombopoiesis

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1.Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell

2.Pluripotential myeloid stem cell

3.Megakaryoblasts

4.Megakaryocytes

5.Platelets

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Muscle

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Muscle types

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Cells are oriented differently in three muscle types.

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Functions of muscle tissue

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Movement of body and parts of the body

  • Skeletal muscle

Change size and shape of internal organs

  • Cardiac muscle
  • Smooth muscle

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Features of all muscle tissue

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Aggregates of specialized, elongated cells arranged for mechanical work

Myofilaments are the contractile proteins (clustered into myofibrils)

  • Thin filaments: actin
  • Thick filaments: myosin II

Special terms for cellular structures

  • Cytoplasm = sarcoplasm
  • sER = sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • Plasma membrane = sarcolemma
  • Muscle cell = muscle fiber (NOT same as CT extracellular fiber)

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Striated vs. smooth muscle

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Striated have stripes that are visible under the light microscope due to the arrangement of myofilaments (sarcomere)

  • Skeletal muscle
  • Cardiac muscle

Smooth has no stripes because myofilaments are not arranged into sarcomeres

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Skeletal muscle

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  • Elongated, cylindrical cells with multiple nuclei located at periphery of fiber
  • Myofibrils extend length of fiber in a regular arrangement
  • Cytoplasm stains intensely with eosin (pink/red)

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Skeletal muscle- longitudinal section

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skeletal muscle-cross section

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Skeletal muscle
striations

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Skeletal muscle organization: connective tissue sheaths

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  • Connective tissue (CT) surrounds individual fibers and bundles of fibers (blood and nerve supply)
  • Endomysium: reticular fiber layer around individual fibers (cells)
  • Perimysium: thicker layer of dense irregular CT surrounding groups of fibers (fascicles)
  • Epimysium: sheath of dense irregular CT surrounding all fascicles in the muscle

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Skeletal muscle: myofilaments & sarcomere

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Each muscle cell is filled longitudinally with repeating arrays of myofilaments called myofibrils

Striations

  • A band = dark band
  • I band = light band (bisected by Z disc)

Sarcomere = Z disc to Z disc

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Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

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  • Skeletal muscle fibers degenerate and undergo necrosis
  • Increased fibrosis in endomysium & perimysium (thicker collagen bundles)
  • Leads to progressive muscle weakness
  • See also Clinical Considerations 6-1

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Skeletal muscle: motor innervation

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  • Motor neurons branch to synapse with individual muscle fibers
  • Synapse called neuromuscular junction (myoneural junction) or motor end plate

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Cardiac muscle

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  • Same arrangement of myofilaments as skeletal muscle
  • Striated (sarcomeres)
  • Intercalated disks: attachment sites between cells (gap junctions)
  • Fibers are variable in length
  • Single, centralized nucleus
  • Branched fibers
  • Spontaneous contractions

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Cardiac muscle

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Cardiac muscle

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Cardiac muscle- longitudinal section

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cardiac muscle- cross section

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Myocardial Infarction: Heart Attack

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smooth muscle

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  • Bundles or sheets of elongated, fusiform cells with finely tapered ends
  • Connected by gap junctions
  • Cytoplasm stains evenly with eosin
  • Single nucleus in center of cell
  • No regular arrangement of actin and myosin (nonstriated)
  • Walls of hollow organs and blood vessels

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Smooth muscle

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Smooth muscle- longitudinal section

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smooth muscle- cross section

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