Osteocytes repair cracks in bones, and help bones grow. They repair the cracks by releasing new proteins on them called calcium. Osteocytes are like the maintainence for bones. Without them you would crumple or stay the same size you were when you were born. They are very helpful!
An osteocyte, a star-shaped cell, is the most abundant[citation needed] cell found in compact bone. Cells contain a nucleus and a thin ring of cytoplasm. When osteoblasts become trapped in the matrix they secrete, they become osteocytes. Osteocytes are networked to each other via long cytoplasmic extensions that occupy tiny canals called canaliculi, which are used for exchange of nutrients and waste. The space that an osteocyte occupies is called a lacuna (Latin for a pit). Although osteocytes have reduced synthetic activity and, like osteoblasts are not capable of mitotic division, they are actively involved in the routine turnover of bony matrix, through various mechanosensory mechanisms. They destroy bone through a rapid, transient (relative to osteoclasts) mechanism called osteocytic osteolysis. Osteoblasts/osteocytes develop in mesenchyme. Hydroxyapatite, calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate is deposited around the cell.
Osteocytes are responsible for the maintenance and turnover of mineral content of surrounding bone. They are found in the flattened lacunae of bone tissue. (Textbook Source: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology, Martini and Nath, Pearson International Edition. Copyright 2009)
They are mature bone cells that respond to stresses placed on bone and remodel the bone in response to those stressors. Osteocytes deposit or reabsorb bone matrix, regulating bone density, and control calcium and phosphate balance.
Osteocytes are bone cells. There are two types, one that build bone called osteoclasts and ones that break down bone are called osteoblasts. Usually they break and build bone in such a way that the bones remain intact. If the osteoblast break down too much bone, then osteoporosis occurs.
They maintain bone because they are mature bone cells.
Canalicui is the site of osteocytes.
Osteocytes are the actual bones.
The osteoclasts produce enzymes that break down the bone cells for the calcium and other salts.
Osteoblasts build bone.
Osteocytes are bone cells.
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bone cells
The part of bone you are asking about is called compact bone, or cortical bone.
These are osteocytes; they are responsible for maintaining the extracellular matrix that forms the bone.
Three different types of cells are found in bones: osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts. Good luck!!
Cells that form bones are called osteoblasts.
Bone is not just similar to living tissue; it actually is living. It is classified as a connective tissue. The living cells in bone are called osteocytes. The osteocytes are surrounded by a hard matrix of calcium and phosphate called hydroxyapatite.
Osteocytes
Bone cells are called osteocytes, and the matrix of the bone is made of calcium salts and collagen. Bone tissue is the major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body.
They're called OSTEOCYTES calcifying together in a matrix tissue of bone matter.
Bone Tissue made up of Osteocytes.
Osteoclasts which dissolve old bone cells, Osteoblasts which create new bone cells, and Osteocytes mature bone cells that were once osteoblasts which regulate bone development.
Bone tissue is classified into compact bone and spongy bone. The compact bone basic unit is the osteon, or Haversian System. There are no osteons in spongy bone, but it is composed of lamellae, osteocytes, lacunae and canaliculi.
Osteocytes are derived from osteoblasts, which are bone-forming cells. In general, osteocytes make up the majority of the mass of adultbone tissue in humans. Each osteocyte within the bone tissue is typically connected to others, which work together to help create a strong matrix of living bone.
The part of bone you are asking about is called compact bone, or cortical bone.
These are osteocytes; they are responsible for maintaining the extracellular matrix that forms the bone.
Bone cells, "osteocytes".
Three different types of cells are found in bones: osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts. Good luck!!
Cells that form bones are called osteoblasts.