Explain difference between Osteoblasts, Osteoclasts, Osteocyte

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Osteocyte

a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it has secreted.

Osteoblasts

Bone building cells grow bone Blasts means grow found in the endosteum lining the periosteum eventually continues on as osteocyte once it surrounds itself in matrix trap

Osteoclasts

break down bone clasts means break (weird macrophage) found in the endosteum lining the periosteum


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