This document provides an overview of the histology of muscle, cartilage, and bone tissues. It describes the microscopic structures and characteristics of the three main muscle tissues - skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. It also examines the histological features of the three main types of cartilage - hyaline, fibrocartilage, and elastic cartilage, noting where each is located in the body. Finally, it reviews the cells and structures found in bone tissue, including osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts, osteons, and Howship's lacunae. The learning objectives are to enable students to differentiate between muscle fiber types, identify cartilage and bone cells, and compare the microscopic properties of cartilage and bone.
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Histology of muscle, cartilage and bone
1. Histology of muscle, cartilage
and bone
By
Dr. Abdul Waheed Ansari
Prof. &Chairperson Anatomy, RAKCODS.
RAKMHSU.
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2. Learning outcomes for this lab
The students are able to :
• Differentiate the between the skeletal, smooth
and cardiac muscles histologically.
• Classify the bone cells found in the bone tissue.
• Identify the microscopic features of hyaline
cartilage and sites where they occur in the body
• Compare, contrast microscopic features of elastic
cartilage and fibrocartilage. Mention the sites
where they are located.
• Compare and contrast the various bone cells and
their functions.
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3. The characteristic features of muscular
tissues
• They are made up of many cells that are close
together & there is little extracellular material
between muscle cells.
• The muscular tissue are well vascularized.
• The cells are elongated.
• The cells contain myofilaments (contractile
proteins).
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4. Three kinds of muscle tissues
• Skeletal muscle
• Cardiac muscle
• Smooth muscle
• Skeletal muscle cells are very long (up to
30 cm), cylindrical, striated and
multinucleated.
• The striations reflect the regular pattern
of distribution of the myofilaments inside
the cells.
• The nuclei are located on the periphery
of the cells.
• Skeletal muscle cells are arranged in
parallel, in bundles tied together by
connective tissue and anchored at both
ends by tendons to bones or other
supporting tissues.
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5. Cardiac muscle cells are shorter than the
skeletal muscle cells.
• Cardiac muscle cells are
elongated, branched and
striated.
• The striations reflect the
regular pattern of distribution
of the myofilaments inside the
cells.
• Cardiac muscle cells have one
nucleus, sometimes two at the
center of the cell.
• Cardiac cells fit together tightly
at dark-staining junctions called
intercalated discs.
• Intercalated discs are found
only in cardiac muscle tissue.
• Cardiac muscle cells are found
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6. Smooth muscle cells
• Are spindle-shaped, have
one nucleus and are not
striated.
• The nucleus is central in
position and oval in
shape.
• Smooth muscles are
found in the walls of
hollow organs, digestive
and urinary tract organs,
blood vessels, uterus.
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7. Hyaline cartilage
• The chondrocytes lie
within chambers in the
matrix called lacunae.
• The hyaline cartilage
contains a gel-like
amorphous matrix.
• Fine collagen fibers are
present in the matrix, but
they are not visible with
ordinary staining
technique.
• It is found at the ends of
long bones .
• It supports the tip of the
nose, the trachea and the
bronchi.
• It forms most of the larynx
and connects the ribs to the
sternum.
• It is also found in epiphyseal
plates of children.
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8. Fibrocartilage
• Fibrocartilage is quite
similar to hyaline cartilage
but its matrix contains
many coarse collagen
fibers running parallel to
each other.
• It is found in pubic
symphysis , intervertebral
discs and the menisci of
knees.
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9. Elastic cartilage
• Elastic cartilage is quite
similar to hyaline cartilage
but its matrix contains
many elastic fibers.
• It is found in the epiglottis
of the larynx, the external
ear and the (Eustachian)
auditory tubes.
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10. Bone histology
• Bone tissue is highly vascular
where as cartilage tissue is
avascular.
• An osteoblast is an immature
bone cell.The osteoblast is
the bone forming cell.
• A bone lining cell is a resting
osteoblast.
• osteoprogenitor cells are
derived from mesenchymal
cells and have the ability to
differentiaite into
osteoblasts.
• The mature bone cell is called
an osteocyte.
• An osteocyte rests in a space
called a lacuna.
• An osteoclast is a
multinucleated cell involved in
the degradation of bone.
• It is a bone resorbing cell.
• Howship's lacuna is a space
seen underneath an osteoclast.
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11. • A = osteoblasts,
• B = osteocytes,
• C = osteoid,
• D = cement line
• E = bone
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12. Histology of Compact Bone
• Compact bone is also
called dense bone.
• Compact bone is
composed of closely
packed osteons.
• An osteon is also called
a Haversian system.
• An osteon is the
cylindrical structure with
bone.
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13. Osteoclasts are the bone removing cells
• They work by sealing off an
area of bone surface, when
activated, they pump out
hydrogen ions to produce a
very acid environment,
which dissolves the
hydroxyapatite.
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