OSTEOBLAST

Osteoblast

Osteoblasts . Osteoblasts are cells with single nuclei that synthesize bone. However, in the process of bone formation, osteoblasts function in groups of connected cells. Individual cells cannot make bone, and the group of organized osteoblasts together with the bone made by a unit of cells is usually called the osteon; the basis of this is discussed in "Organization and ultrastructure of osteoblasts" below. Osteoblasts are specialized, terminally differentiated products of mesenchymal stem cells. They synthesize very dense, crosslinked collagen, and several additional specialized proteins in much smaller quantities, including osteocalcin and ...

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osteoblast

Noun

  1. A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.


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