Skeletal Tissue Histology
 To outline the classification of cartilage tissue with
examples.
 To state the differences of the different types of cartilage.
 To describe the arrangement of cells and matrix in bone.
Objectives – Cartilage & Bones
Bone & Cartilage
 specialized type of connective
tissue
 adapted to bear weight
 provide rigidity necessary for
the supporting framework of
the body.
• Development - primitive mesenchyme
• structural and functional differences are related to
the nature
the proportion of the ground substance
the fibres in the extracellular matrix.
Bone & Cartilage
Bone & Cartilage
Cartilage –
 semi rigid nature
 predominant ground substance
joints
walls of thorax
larynx, trachea
bronchi, nose and ears.
Bone- mineralized extracellular matrix
• chondro refers to cartilage
– chondrocyte
– Perichondrium
• osteo refers to bone
– osteogenesis
– osteocyte
– Periostium
• blast refers to precursor cell or one that produces
something
– Osteoblast
• cyte refers to cell
– osteocyte
Terms
CARTILAGE
Cartilage
Cartilage comprise of
cells - Chondrocytes
ground substances
fibres
Covered with fibrovascular membrane – Perichondrium
outer fibrous layer
Inner chondrogenic & vascular layer
Growth of cartilage
Appositional growth – surface deposition of cells of inner
perichondrial layer
Interstitial growth – multiplication of cells situated within the
matrix of the cartilage.
Intercellular matrix
Nutrition of Cartilages
 No capillary blood supply of its own
 2 ways
 Diffusion from capillaries in the adjoining connective
tissue
 Synovial fluid from joint cavities
Cartilage cells
 Young cartilage cells – chondroblasts
smaller in size
irregular in shape
 Mature cartilage cells – chondrocytes
in spaces of matrix/lacunae
single cells – spherical shape
cell nest (2-4 cells) – D shape
large, rounded nuclei
basophilic cytoplasm
stained section : shrinkage artifact
Cartilage – fibres
 Thick collagen fibres
 Branching and anastomosing elastic fibres
Cartilage – ground substances
 Amorphous gel like substance
 Stained in basic dye due to chondroitin sulphates &
keratosulphates
 Deep basophilic rim called capsular territorial matrix &
stains darker than the interterritorial matrix.
Based on the visibility and nature of fibres in the
ground substances
– hyaline cartilage
– white fibro cartilage
– yellow elastic cartilage.
Classification of Cartilage
 2 varieties
 Costal cartilage
Present at the ends of growing bones, ribs & respiratory passages
Covered by perichondrium
 Articular cartilage
Present at articular ends of the bones (most synovial joints)
No perichondrium covering
 H &E : Homogenous basophilic matrix
 Collagen type 11 fibres.
 Fibres not seen as a distinct entity
 cell nest
Hyaline Cartilage
Hyaline Cartilage
Red arrow indicates the Perichondrium.
Black arrow indicates the chondroblasts.
Yellow arrow indicates the chondrocytes in lacuna
Hyaline Cartilage
Yellow Elastic Cartilage
 Elasticity
network of branching and anastomosing elastic fibres in its
ground substances
 Present in Pinna, epiglottis, external auditory meatus,
arytenoid , corniculate & cuneiform cartilage
 In fresh state – yellowish colour
 Large chondrocytes
 single or small groups chondrocytes
 Perichondrium present
 Collagen type 11 fibres
Yellow Elastic Cartilage
Black arrow – perichondrium
Red arrow – cartilage
Yellow Elastic Cartilage
Yellow arrow – chondrocytes in lacunae
Black arrow – cartilaginous matrix pink and not homogenous
 similar to hyaline cartilage
 except that - excessive amounts of collagen fibres in
the EC matrix
 Parallel bundle of type 1 collagen fibres
 Chondrocytes lie singly & smaller number
 Chondrocytes arranged in rows.
 present in intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis &
intra-articular discs
 Perichondrium is absent in adult fibrocartilage
White fibrocartilage
White fibrocartilage
White fibrocartilage
BONES
Functions of Bones
 Support
 Movement
 Protection
 Mineral storage
 Blood cell formation and energy storage
Functions of Bones
 2 main forms
woven bone (primary bone )
lamellar bone (secondary bone )
Woven bone :
 Newly formed bone , no layers/lamellar
 Collagen fibre bundles run randomly in different direction
 found in the foetus, tooth sockets ,sutures
 in repair of fractures
Lamellar bone: compact or dense bone
cancellous or spongy bone
Bones
 network of narrow irregular bars or trabecullae
 enclosing large intercommunicating spaces
 filled with bone marrow.
 solid dense mass
 spaces are small and cannot be seen with the naked
eye.
Compact bone
Cancellous (spongy bone)
Macroscopic appearance
A typical long bone (humerus. radius) cut
longitudinally- shaft- diaphysis
 hollow cylinder of compact bone
 trabeculae of spongy bone - inner surface
 marrow cavity with yellow marrow
Epiphysis-
 spongy bone- spaces between the trabeculae
 contain red marrow continuous with the
medullary cavity
Long bone
 2 layers.
outer layer- dense connective tissue
collagen and elastic fibres
blood vessels and nerves
inner layer - loose connective tissue.
more cellular
during growth this layer contains
osteogenic cells- osteogenic layer
Periosteum
 vascular membrane
 has the potential to form bone
during bone growth and healing.
 easily stripped off in young
bones
 In adult bones - firmly adherent
particularly at the site of
insertion of tendons and
ligaments.
Periosteum
 periosteal fibres penetrate the
surface layers of the bone as
perforating fibres of
Sharpey
 Nutrients reach the bone
through vessels that
enter through the nutrient
foramina.
Periosteum
 arrangement of the bone matrix –
layers / lamellae.
 Small ovoid spaces - lacunae
(between and within the lamellae)
 contain a single bone cell - osteocyte
 radiating from lacunae- canaliculi
 join up with canaliculi of adjacent
lacunae.
 canaliculi contain the processes of cells
Microscopic appearance - Bone
Compact Bone
 unit structure of the bone.
 most of the lamellae are cylindrical units
 run parallel to the long axis of the bone.
 each osteone consists of 8 to 15 concentric lamellae
around - Haversian canal
 it contains a neurovascular bundle.
 osteones appear round or oval in transverse section.
Haversian systems or osteones
 haversian canals communicate with each other by
oblique and transverse channels.
 communicate with the periosteal and endosteal
surface by Volkman’s canals
 blood vessels communicate with those of marrow
cavity via those canals
 canaliculi open into Haversian canals
 lacunae communicate with Haversian canal.
Haversian systems or osteones
Haversian systems or osteones
Lamellae may show three different patterns
 Haversian systems or osteones
 Interstitial lamellae
 Circumferential lamellae
Compact bone
 In between the osteones are irregular areas of
lamellae bone
 Osteones and interstitial lamellae- demarcated from
neighbouring systems by a strongly basophilic
cement line or reversal line
 it is not traversed by canaliculi.
Interstitial lamellae
 Outer circumferential lamellae
lies immediately beneath the periosteum
 extend almost completely around most of the shaft of
the bone
 Inner circumferential lamellae
a less developed system of lamellae lines the
endosteum
Circumferential lamellae
Osteon
Endosteum
Haversian canal
Volkmann’s
canal
Helical course of collagen
Inner
circumferential
lamellae
Outer
circumferential
lamellae
Cancellous Bone
 bony plates / rods that forms the meshwork = trabeculae
 trabeculae and spicules are thin
 not traversed by blood vessels & receives nutrition from
blood vessels in the bone marrow
 no osteones & contains fragments of lamellar bone
Cancellous Bone
Cells of Bone
 Osteoprogenitor cells
 Osteoblasts
 Osteocytes
 Osteoclasts
Cells of Bone
Osteoprogenitor Cells Osteoblasts
Osteocytes
Osteoclasts
SUMMERY
Adipose tissue
Osteoprogenitor cell
Osteoblast
Osteocyte
Osteoclast
REFFERENCES
 Burkit, H.G, young, B. (1993). Wheaters
functional histology. 4 th ed.,
london:Churchill livingstone
 Junqueira, L.C., Carneiro (1998). Basic
histology. 9 th ed., stamford: Appleton &
lange
Skeletal tissue.pdf

Skeletal tissue.pdf

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     To outlinethe classification of cartilage tissue with examples.  To state the differences of the different types of cartilage.  To describe the arrangement of cells and matrix in bone. Objectives – Cartilage & Bones
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    Bone & Cartilage specialized type of connective tissue  adapted to bear weight  provide rigidity necessary for the supporting framework of the body.
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    • Development -primitive mesenchyme • structural and functional differences are related to the nature the proportion of the ground substance the fibres in the extracellular matrix. Bone & Cartilage
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    Bone & Cartilage Cartilage–  semi rigid nature  predominant ground substance joints walls of thorax larynx, trachea bronchi, nose and ears. Bone- mineralized extracellular matrix
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    • chondro refersto cartilage – chondrocyte – Perichondrium • osteo refers to bone – osteogenesis – osteocyte – Periostium • blast refers to precursor cell or one that produces something – Osteoblast • cyte refers to cell – osteocyte Terms
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    Cartilage Cartilage comprise of cells- Chondrocytes ground substances fibres Covered with fibrovascular membrane – Perichondrium outer fibrous layer Inner chondrogenic & vascular layer Growth of cartilage Appositional growth – surface deposition of cells of inner perichondrial layer Interstitial growth – multiplication of cells situated within the matrix of the cartilage. Intercellular matrix
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    Nutrition of Cartilages No capillary blood supply of its own  2 ways  Diffusion from capillaries in the adjoining connective tissue  Synovial fluid from joint cavities
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    Cartilage cells  Youngcartilage cells – chondroblasts smaller in size irregular in shape  Mature cartilage cells – chondrocytes in spaces of matrix/lacunae single cells – spherical shape cell nest (2-4 cells) – D shape large, rounded nuclei basophilic cytoplasm stained section : shrinkage artifact
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    Cartilage – fibres Thick collagen fibres  Branching and anastomosing elastic fibres Cartilage – ground substances  Amorphous gel like substance  Stained in basic dye due to chondroitin sulphates & keratosulphates  Deep basophilic rim called capsular territorial matrix & stains darker than the interterritorial matrix.
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    Based on thevisibility and nature of fibres in the ground substances – hyaline cartilage – white fibro cartilage – yellow elastic cartilage. Classification of Cartilage
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     2 varieties Costal cartilage Present at the ends of growing bones, ribs & respiratory passages Covered by perichondrium  Articular cartilage Present at articular ends of the bones (most synovial joints) No perichondrium covering  H &E : Homogenous basophilic matrix  Collagen type 11 fibres.  Fibres not seen as a distinct entity  cell nest Hyaline Cartilage
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    Hyaline Cartilage Red arrowindicates the Perichondrium. Black arrow indicates the chondroblasts. Yellow arrow indicates the chondrocytes in lacuna
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    Yellow Elastic Cartilage Elasticity network of branching and anastomosing elastic fibres in its ground substances  Present in Pinna, epiglottis, external auditory meatus, arytenoid , corniculate & cuneiform cartilage  In fresh state – yellowish colour  Large chondrocytes  single or small groups chondrocytes  Perichondrium present  Collagen type 11 fibres
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    Yellow Elastic Cartilage Blackarrow – perichondrium Red arrow – cartilage
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    Yellow Elastic Cartilage Yellowarrow – chondrocytes in lacunae Black arrow – cartilaginous matrix pink and not homogenous
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     similar tohyaline cartilage  except that - excessive amounts of collagen fibres in the EC matrix  Parallel bundle of type 1 collagen fibres  Chondrocytes lie singly & smaller number  Chondrocytes arranged in rows.  present in intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis & intra-articular discs  Perichondrium is absent in adult fibrocartilage White fibrocartilage
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     Support  Movement Protection  Mineral storage  Blood cell formation and energy storage Functions of Bones
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     2 mainforms woven bone (primary bone ) lamellar bone (secondary bone ) Woven bone :  Newly formed bone , no layers/lamellar  Collagen fibre bundles run randomly in different direction  found in the foetus, tooth sockets ,sutures  in repair of fractures Lamellar bone: compact or dense bone cancellous or spongy bone Bones
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     network ofnarrow irregular bars or trabecullae  enclosing large intercommunicating spaces  filled with bone marrow.  solid dense mass  spaces are small and cannot be seen with the naked eye. Compact bone Cancellous (spongy bone)
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    Macroscopic appearance A typicallong bone (humerus. radius) cut longitudinally- shaft- diaphysis  hollow cylinder of compact bone  trabeculae of spongy bone - inner surface  marrow cavity with yellow marrow Epiphysis-  spongy bone- spaces between the trabeculae  contain red marrow continuous with the medullary cavity
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     2 layers. outerlayer- dense connective tissue collagen and elastic fibres blood vessels and nerves inner layer - loose connective tissue. more cellular during growth this layer contains osteogenic cells- osteogenic layer Periosteum
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     vascular membrane has the potential to form bone during bone growth and healing.  easily stripped off in young bones  In adult bones - firmly adherent particularly at the site of insertion of tendons and ligaments. Periosteum
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     periosteal fibrespenetrate the surface layers of the bone as perforating fibres of Sharpey  Nutrients reach the bone through vessels that enter through the nutrient foramina. Periosteum
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     arrangement ofthe bone matrix – layers / lamellae.  Small ovoid spaces - lacunae (between and within the lamellae)  contain a single bone cell - osteocyte  radiating from lacunae- canaliculi  join up with canaliculi of adjacent lacunae.  canaliculi contain the processes of cells Microscopic appearance - Bone
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     unit structureof the bone.  most of the lamellae are cylindrical units  run parallel to the long axis of the bone.  each osteone consists of 8 to 15 concentric lamellae around - Haversian canal  it contains a neurovascular bundle.  osteones appear round or oval in transverse section. Haversian systems or osteones
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     haversian canalscommunicate with each other by oblique and transverse channels.  communicate with the periosteal and endosteal surface by Volkman’s canals  blood vessels communicate with those of marrow cavity via those canals  canaliculi open into Haversian canals  lacunae communicate with Haversian canal. Haversian systems or osteones
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    Lamellae may showthree different patterns  Haversian systems or osteones  Interstitial lamellae  Circumferential lamellae Compact bone
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     In betweenthe osteones are irregular areas of lamellae bone  Osteones and interstitial lamellae- demarcated from neighbouring systems by a strongly basophilic cement line or reversal line  it is not traversed by canaliculi. Interstitial lamellae
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     Outer circumferentiallamellae lies immediately beneath the periosteum  extend almost completely around most of the shaft of the bone  Inner circumferential lamellae a less developed system of lamellae lines the endosteum Circumferential lamellae
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    Osteon Endosteum Haversian canal Volkmann’s canal Helical courseof collagen Inner circumferential lamellae Outer circumferential lamellae
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     bony plates/ rods that forms the meshwork = trabeculae  trabeculae and spicules are thin  not traversed by blood vessels & receives nutrition from blood vessels in the bone marrow  no osteones & contains fragments of lamellar bone Cancellous Bone
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     Osteoprogenitor cells Osteoblasts  Osteocytes  Osteoclasts Cells of Bone
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    REFFERENCES  Burkit, H.G,young, B. (1993). Wheaters functional histology. 4 th ed., london:Churchill livingstone  Junqueira, L.C., Carneiro (1998). Basic histology. 9 th ed., stamford: Appleton & lange