Bone

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Bone is a scaffold. Tumours occasionally arise in them; these are dealt with in the bone tumours article.

Normal

  • Normal bone has osteocytes.
    • If the osteocytes are missing... the bone is dead.
  • Osteoblasts - make bone.
  • Osteoclasts - destroy bone.

Memory device: 'b' before 'c'.

Bone marrow

  • Fat content (%) ~= age (in years)[1]
    • e.g. 60 year old will have 60% fatty replacement.
  • Should see three cell lines.
    • The cell lines:[2]
      • Erythroid (red cells),
      • Myeloid (white blood cells),
      • Megakaryocytic (platelets).

Note: Lymphocytes are considered separately and typically spared in bone marrow failure.[3]

Identifying the lines:[4]

  1. Megakaryocytes:
    • Big cells ~ 3x the size of a RBC.
  2. Normoblasts (RBC precursors):
    • Hyperchromatic, i.e. blue, nucleus.
  3. Myeloid line:
    • Granules.
    • Reniform nucleus, i.e. kidney bean shaped nucleus.

Images:

Organization

  • Mature hematopoeitic cells at the centre (distant from bone).
  • Immature hematopoeitic cells adjacent to the bone.

Infectious

Osteomyelitis

General

  • Hematogenous - often in children.
  • Direct entry (skin defect) - adults with diabetes.

Microscopic

  • PMNs.

Chronic osteomyelitis

  • Plasma cells.
    • May be sterile, i.e. no organisms.

Bone tumours

This is a big topic. It is dealt with in a separate article.

See also

References