Types of Bone Cells

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osteo-

bone


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-gen

produce

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-blast

bud/sprout

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-cyte


cell

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-clast

break

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osteogenic cells

  • Stem cells

  • Only type of bone cells to go through mitosis

  • Divide to form osteoblasts

  • Located in periosteum and endosteum


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osteoblast

  • Build new bone

    • Make bone’s new matrix (osteoid)

    • Get trapped and become osteocytes

  • Located on periosteum and epiphyseal plates


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osteocyte

  • Mature bone cells

  • Located in compact bone and spongy bone

  • Perform daily functions of bone


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osteoclast

  • Clean away bone

  • Located on periosteum and endosteum

  • Used during fracture repair and growth

    • Cleans away old bone from medullary cavity