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This is incorrect. Osteoclasts are bone-resorbing cells. By contrast, osteoblasts synthesise bone and deposit osteoid to form bone tissue.
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b
Osteoblasts are bone-resorbing cells
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This is incorrect. Osteoprogenitor cells (also called osteogenic cells) are precursor bone cells. Osteoblasts synthesise bone and deposit osteoid to form bone tissue.
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e
Osteoblasts act as a precursor to bone cells
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This is correct. Osteoblasts synthesise bone and deposit osteoid to form bone tissue.
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a
Osteoblasts are responsible for the synthesis and mineralisation of the matrix
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This is incorrect. Osteocytes are mature bone cells. Osteoblasts synthesise bone and deposit osteoid to form bone tissue. Osteoblasts become osteocytes following calcification.
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c
Osteoblasts are mature bone cells
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This is incorrect. Osteocytes are found in lacunae in the central canal of compact bone. Osteoblasts are found along the surface of bone.
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d
Osteoblasts are found in the central canal of compact bone
Concept
Chapter
2693
4201
Osteoblasts
Topic
154
Musculoskeletal physiology and disease
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A 55 year old woman is reviewed in the bone health clinic after falling and sustaining her third wrist fracture. The clinician explains that osteoblasts are important cells involved in bone formation.

Which of the following correctly describes osteoblasts?
a