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Which of the following characteristics applies to the cells known as osteoclasts?
Osteoclasts are large, multinucleated cells found in bone tissue. They are responsible for the breakdown and resorption of bone by secreting enzymes and acids that dissolve the mineralized matrix of bone. Osteoclasts are derived from the fusion of monocytes/macrophages and are involved in bone remodeling and repair.
Which cell types is responsible for breaking down bone matrix?
OsteoClasts Crumble bone, while OsteoBlasts Build Bone.
Bone is what kind of tissue?
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.
What are bones cells that liquefy bone matrix and release calcium to the blood called?
Bone cells that liquefy the bone matrix and release calcium into the blood are called Osteoclasts. Immature or matrix depositing bone cells are called osteoblasts.
What are the cells that produce organic matrix in bone?
The cells that produce the collagen and inorganic salts of bone matrix are osteocytes. Osteocytes maintain the protein and mineral content of the bone matrix. Osteogenesis is the production of new bone matrix.
The bone resorbing cells are called?
osteoclasts are cells that dissolve bone cells.
What are immature or matrix-depositing bone cells?
Osteoblasts are immature bone-forming cells.
What are bone cells found in the lacunae within the matrix called?
Mature bone cells within the matrix are called osteocytes.
What is the percentage of cells in the bone matrix?
Cells account for only 2% of the weight of a typical bone cell.
What are matrix-depositing bone cells referred to as?
Osteoblasts
Bone cells that liquefy bone matrix and release calcium to the blood?
Osteoclasts
What are osteoblasts and osteocytes?
an osteocyte is a bone cellan osteoblast is specific to the building/production of new boneOsteocytes are mature bone cells that maintains the bone matrix. Osteoblasts are immature bone cells that secrete organic components of matrix.
