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What are cells that break down bone cells?

Csteoclasts


What bone cells brake bones down?

Osteoclasts are large cells that break down bone tissue


What are cells that break down bone tissue called?

Cells that break down bone tissue are called osteoclasts. They are specialized cells responsible for resorption of bone tissue during bone remodeling and repair processes.


Cartilage in a baby's skeleton is broken down and replaced by which kind of bone cells?

Osteoclasts break down bone and osteoblasts build up bone.


What is responsible for sculpting bones?

Several cells have this function: the osteoclasts which break down bone and the osteoblasts which build bone.


Do the number of osteocytes are greater in primary bone than secondary bone?

Osteocytes grow bone (lay it down) and osteoclasts break down bone. So there will be many more cells laying down bone (osteocytes) in primary bone.


What are large cells that cause the breakdown of osseous tissue?

osteoclasts, because they break down bone.


What cells erode bone minerals?

Osteoclasts are the cells responsible for eroding bone minerals through a process called bone resorption. These specialized cells break down the bone matrix, releasing minerals like calcium back into the bloodstream.


What do you call the cells in the skeletal system?

They are called osteocytes. Bone building cells are called osteoblasts and those that break down bone are called osteoclasts. You are constantly remodeling your bones.


What are Cells that produce the matrix of new bone tissue are called?

Cells that produce the matrix of new bone tissue are called osteoblasts. These cells are responsible for secreting the proteins and minerals that make up the bone tissue during the process of bone formation.


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.


What are the living bone cells?

The living bone cells are osteocytes, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts. Osteocytes are mature bone cells that maintain bone tissue, osteoblasts are responsible for building new bone, and osteoclasts break down and resorb bone tissue.