Bone Tissue Flashcards
1
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Bone Tissue
A
-aka “Osseous Tissue”
2
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Osseous Tissue
A
hardest form of connective tissue
3
Q
3 Types of Cells in Bone Tissue
A
- Osteoblasts
- Osteocyte
- Osteoclasts
4
Q
Osteoblasts
A
- aka “blast build”
- builds bone tissue
5
Q
Osteocyte
A
Mature osteoblasts that maintain bone tissue
6
Q
Osteoclasts
A
- large multinucleated cells responsible for process of resorption (breakdown)
- “clasts cleave”
- developed from “monocyte”
7
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Monocyte
A
-white blood cell
