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Anatomy & Physiology: Bone Cell Functions

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  • What do osteoblasts do?

    Osteoblasts are bone cells responsible for forming new bone by producing the bone matrix and facilitating mineralization. (think of a builder)

  • What do osteocytes do?

    osteocytes are mature bone cells their main job is to maintain and monitor bone tissue

  • What do osteoclasts do?

    They break down bones and reabsorb the bone tissue (clast means break and osteo means bone)

  • What is osteogenesis?

    It is the process of creating new bone tissue

  • what is a osteon?

    The basic structural unit of compact bones (it has blood vessels, nerves, and layers of the bone tissue)