Histology Chapter 7 Cartilage

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Chondrocytes are ________.

inactive

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Chondroblasts are _______.

active

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Three types of cartilage:

hyaline, elastic, fibro

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Chondrocytes secrete EMC from a matrix cavity called a ______.

lucuna

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Hyaline and elastic cartilage are made of Type __ collagen.

2

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Fibrocartilage is made of Type ___ collagen.

1

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What type of cartilage is shock absorbant?

hyaline cartilage

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What type of cartilage is flexible?

elastic

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What type of collagen resists stretching and pulling forces?

fibrocartilage

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All forms of collagen are ________.

avascular

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Cartilage exhibits low ________ activity and contains no nerve or lymphatic tissue.

metabolic

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What is the most common type of cartilage?

hyaline

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What are 4 common locations of hyaline cartilage in the body?

  1. articular surface of moveable joints

  2. nose, larynx, trachea, bronchi

  3. costal cartilage

  4. epiphyseal growth plate

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The hyaline cartilage matrix is __________ due to the high amount of GAGs.

basophilic

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What are two locations of fibrocartilage?

pubic symphysis and intervertebral discs

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<p>What type of cartilage is this?</p>

What type of cartilage is this?

hyaline

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<p>What type of cartilage is this?</p>

What type of cartilage is this?

hyaline cartilage

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<p>What type of cartilage is this?</p>

What type of cartilage is this?

hyaline cartilage

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<p>What type of cartilage is this?</p>

What type of cartilage is this?

fibrocartilage

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<p>What type of cartilage is this?</p>

What type of cartilage is this?

elastic cartilage

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<p>What type of cartilage is this?</p>

What type of cartilage is this?

elastic cartilage

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Growth production of hyaline cartilage is inhibited by ________.

cortisones

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Growth is accelerated by what two things:

thyroxine and growth hormone

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What 2 things does hyaline cartilage add to the ECM?

watery substance and collagen 2

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What does elastic cartilage add to the ECM?

elastic fibers

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What is the annulus fibrosis made of?

Type 1 collagen

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What is the nucleus pulposus?

a gel made of hyaluronic acid

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What is the function of the nucelus pulposus?

gives shock absorption to the vertebral column

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<p>What structure is 1?</p>

What structure is 1?

anulus fibrosus

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<p>What structure is 2?</p>

What structure is 2?

nucleus pulposus

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<p>What cartilage type is this?</p>

What cartilage type is this?

fibrocartilage

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What are the four zones in which cartilage becomes bone?

  1. proliferation zone

  2. hypertrophic zone

  3. calcification zone

  4. ossification zone

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Interstitial growth

growth from the center of the cartilage

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Appositional growth

growth at the perichondral borders

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<p>What is shown here?</p>

What is shown here?

chondroblasts in growing fibrocartilage

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<p>What zone is 1?</p>

What zone is 1?

proliferation zone

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<p>What zone is 2?</p>

What zone is 2?

hypertrophic zone

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<p>What zone is 3?</p>

What zone is 3?

calcification zone

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<p>What zone is 4?</p>

What zone is 4?

ossification zone

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Two types of cartilage tumors

chondroma and chondrosarcoma

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Ollier disease

a rare nonhereditary sporadic disorder where intraosseous benign cartilaginous tumors develop in close proximity to growth plate cartilage

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<p>What disease is this?</p>

What disease is this?

Ollier disease

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<p>What condition is this?</p>

What condition is this?

chondrosarcoma