MINERALIZED TISSUES: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SKELETON

Functions of Mineralized Tissues

Structure of Bone

Histology of Bone Tissue

Mesenchyme

Scleroblast

Osteoblast Bone

Chondroblast Cartilage

Odontoblast Dentin

Ameloblast Enamel

Fibroblast Collagen

Myoblast Muscle Cells

Fibroblast Collagen (fibril) Collagen fibers

compact network of dense connective tissue Collagen bundles

Cartilage and bone formation

* Bone’s hardness – depends on the crystallized inorganic mineral salts

flexibility – depends on its collagen fibers

CALCIFICATION

synthesize aggregate

form into

woven

mineralization

Compact Bone

Spongy Bone

Dentin and Aspidin (Acellular Bone)