Bone Cells
Osteoclasts - Breakdown bone and release Ca2 +
osteoblasts - bone-forming
osteocytes - embedded osteoblasts
Notes:
- Osteoclasts - breakdown bone
- Secrete acid, which dissolves calcified material
- Secrete hydrolytic enzymes, which digest the collagen matrix
- Osteoblasts - bone-forming cells
- Secrete collagen to form a surrounding matrix, which then becomes calcified
- Once osteoblasts become embedded they are called osteocytes, mature bone cells