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What type of cell breaks down bone tissue?
The name of the cell that breaks down bones is called the osteoclast.The cell that builds bones is called the osteocyte.The break down bone cells are usually remodeled by the connective tissue that are found on the surface of the bone.
What kind of cell produces a bone?
osteoblasts or osteoclasts
When a bone breaks what consumes the dead bone cell tissues?
Cells in the bone called osteoclasts.
What is the mature non dividing bone cell that breaks down bone?
osteoclasts
What cell removes bone matrix?
Osteoclasts are cells that degrade bone. Osteoblasts are the cells that build bonesSome bone cells deposit bone and some reabsorb bone tissue.
Which cell types is responsible for breaking down bone matrix?
OsteoClasts Crumble bone, while OsteoBlasts Build Bone.
What is the name of the cell responsible for bone resorption?
Bone resorbing cells are known as osteoclasts. Immature bone cells are referred to as osteoblasts. Mature bone cells are called osteocytes.
Are cells that digest old bone in preparation for new bone growth?
Osteoclasts. They are a type of phagocytic cell, similar to the macrophage.
Where are osteoclasts more numerous?
sites of active bone cell activity (living bones)
What kind of cell builds bone?
Osteoclasts (Osteo - bone, clast - make or create)
What bone cell absorbs and remove unwanted bone tissue?
Osteoclasts are the bone cells that remove bone tissue, or more properly termed bone matrix.
Which bone cell is derived from the bone marrow?
Osteoclasts. They are phagocytic just like macrophages and originate from the same stem cells in the bone marrow as macrophages.
