What role do osteocytes have bone tissue?

Answer 1

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!

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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)

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

They maintain bone because they are mature bone cells.

Canalicui is the site of osteocytes.

Answer 7

Osteocytes are the actual bones.

The osteoclasts produce enzymes that break down the bone cells for the calcium and other salts.

Osteoblasts build bone.

Answer 8

Osteocytes are bone cells.

Answer 9

i dont know cos i dont know

Answer 10

bone cells