Woven Bone and Lamellar Bone
October 23, 2009 by Dr Arun Pal Singh
Filed under Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Major constituent of the is bone matrix. Bone is formed by the hardening of this matrix entrapping the cells. When these cells become entrapped from osteoblasts they become osteocytes.
The inorganic is mainly crystalline mineral salts and calcium and the organic part of matrix is mainly composed of Type I collagen.
Woven and lamellar bone are termed on microscopic differentiation of the bone.
On microspoe, two types of bone can be identified.
These bones differ in the pattern of collagen forming the osteoid.
Woven bone
Woven bone is characterised by haphazard organisation of collagen fibers and is mechanically weak.
Woven bone is produced when osteoblasts produce osteoid rapidly.
It is present in
- All feta bones initially when the bone is laid down. Later it gets replaced by lamellar bone.
- After fractures the initial bone that unites the fracture is woven bone. It too gets replaced by lamellar bone.
- Paget’s disease.
Woven bone is weaker, with a smaller number of randomly oriented collagen fibers, but forms quickly. It has been named due to woven appearance of fibrous matrix [see figure]
Woven Bone Matrix
Lamellar bone
Lamellar bone has a regular parallel alignment of collagen into sheets (lamellae) and is mechanically strong. It is highly organized in concentric sheets with a much lower proportion of osteocytes to surrounding tissue. Lamellar bone is stronger and filled with many collagen fibers parallel to other fibers in the same layer (osteons).
In cross-section, the fibers run in opposite directions in alternating layers. This kind o structural arrangement assists in the bone’s ability to resist torsion forces.
Note: A microscope is necessary to differentiate between the two.
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