Osteoblasts: matrix-synthesizing cell, responsible for bone growth, main bone-building cells, secrete collagen fibers and other organic components needed to build bones, no mitotic activity, are trapped by own matrix and become osteocytes, Osteocytes: mature bone cell, maintains bone matrix, principle cells of bone tissue, most abundant, no longer active in bone synthesis but remains metabolically active and also maintains the bone, such as its exchange of nutrients, waste, and calcium with the blood, Osteoclasts: bone-resorbing cell, giant cells with 50 or more nuclei, derived from circulating monocytes (a type of white blood cell), functions in the destruction of bone matrix, which is important in development, growth, maintenance, and repair of bones, Osteogenic cells : only bone cells that divide, differentiate and develop into osteoblasts, cells that can make bone but are at different stages of commitment and maturation, can also be referred to as osteoprogenitor, Lining Cells: old osteoblasts, regulate passage of calcium into and out of the bone, respond to hormones by making special proteins that activate the osteoclasts, found lining the surface of bone, have a long, slender, and flat morphology,

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