19. EPIPHYSEAL PLATE (PHYSIS)
• longitudinal growth of the skeleton
• distinct zones
• Resting zone
• zone of proliferation
• zone of hypertrophy
• zone of calcification
21. METAPHYSIS
• Transitional zone
• Thinner cortical walls with dense trabecular bone
• Tendinous attachments to bone
• Metabolically active region and often supports a fair amount of bone
marrow.
• bone made by the epiphyseal plate is fine-tuned into its diaphyseal
shape.
28. CONCLUSION
• Classification of bones helps to categorise various bones into simpler
form for better understanding of their function and dynamics.
• Knowledge of anatomy of bone is helpful for disease diagnosis and
management
Editor's Notes
A long bone is one that is cylindrical in shape, being longer than it is wide.
Long bones are found in the arms (humerus, ulna, radius) and legs (femur, tibia, fibula), as well as in the fingers (metacarpals, phalanges) and toes (metatarsals, phalanges).
Long bones function as levers; they move when muscles contract.
A short bone is one that is cube-like in shape, being approximately equal in length, width, and thickness.
The only short bones in the human skeleton are in the carpals of the wrists and the tarsals of the ankles.
Short bones provide stability and support as well as some limited motion.
A “flat bone” is typically thin, it is also often curved.
Examples include the cranial (skull) bones, the scapulae (shoulder blades), the sternum, and the ribs.
Flat bones serve as points of attachment for muscles and often protect internal organs
An irregular bone is one that does not have any easily characterized shape and therefore does not fit any other classification.
These bones tend to have more complex shapes, like the vertebrae that support the spinal cord and protect it from compressive forces.
A sesamoid bone is a small, round bone that, as the name suggests, is shaped like a sesame seed.
These bones form in tendons (the sheaths of tissue that connect bones to muscles) where a great deal of pressure is generated in a joint.
Patella is the only sesamoid bones found in common with every person
distal portions of the first metacarpal bone, first metatarsal bone,
fabella in the tendon of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle,
cyamella in the tendon of the popliteus muscle
Function of axial skeleton is to provide support and protection for the brain , spinal cord and vital organs
Appendicular skeleton function to grasp and manipulate objects and permit locomotion
Lamellar bone is stress oriented where as woven bone is not
Immature and pathological bone: woven, more random, more osteocytes, increase turn over, weaker
Constitutes 80% of the skeleton
Consists of tightly packed osteons or haversian system
connected by Volkmann canals
contains arterioles,venules,capillaries, nerves, possibly lymphatics channels
Characterised by high turnover rate, smaller Youngs modulus of elasticity, more stiff
No true osteons
The matrix forms network of trabeculae
Space between trabeculae is filled with Red bone marrow
Less dense, more remodelling according to lines of stress
Characterised by high turnover rate, smaller Youngs modulus, more elasticity
Osteoporosis is a pathologic thinning of the trabeculae, leading to a substantial (30-90%) decrease in bone porosity.
Polar ends of long bones
a/w joint surfaces
Trabecular bone for support of the cortical shell
Shock absorber
also serves as an attachment region in many bones, allowing joint capsular attachments, many ligamentous attachments, and some tendinous attachments as well
Pressure Epiphysis: transmit weight, articular in nature, large articular joint like head of femur
Abberent Epiphysis: may or may not be present eg: head of 1st MC and Base of rest MC
Traction Epiphysis: supporting in nature, non articulating, attached with ligament and tendons, Eg: tubercle of humerus and trochanters od femur
Atavistic Epiphysis: Phyllogenetically independent bone, Eg: posterior tubercle of talus and coracoid process of scapula
Thick cortical bone with a minimal amount of trabecular bone
Intramedullary canal
Endosteal area
Primary function is structural
it gives the skeleton much of its length and providing much of the surface area for muscular and tendinous attachment
Tough layer of connective tissue
outer layer of fibrous connective tissue and an inner layer of bone progenitor cells
radial growth
vascular supply and nutrients for the outer segment of the cortex
fracture repair
Sharpey’s fibres secures periosteum to underlying bone.
1-cell-thick lining
mostly inactive
prevent unwarranted bone resorption by osteoclasts
Medullary canal is open space containing yellow bone marrow in the diaphysis of a long bone
Yellow marrow is basically fat storage tissue that doesnot actively produce blood cells
Thick cartilage Not imaged on xray
Periostieum Metabolically more active, more vascular, rapid healing also aid in reduction
More collagen Fractures easily
More cancellous Simple fracture pattern, reduced tensile strength, decreased communition
Growth plate Provides perfect remodelling power,: in infants, GP is stronger than bone so increase diaphyseal fracture, but injury to growth plate can cause deformity
Ligament stronger So bone fails first