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Bone Response to Damage (view source)
Revision as of 08:26, 10 October 2007
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****Possibly involved in pumping calcium across membranes
****Possibly involved in pumping calcium across membranes
***Promoted by growth factors
***Promoted by growth factors
***Have receptors for PTH
***Have receptors for [[Bones - normal#Bone resorption|PTH]]
****They contract in response -> space for osteoclasts to attach
****They contract in response -> space for osteoclasts to attach
**'''Osteocytes'''
**'''Osteocytes'''
***Sit in bone surface depression - '''Howship's lacuna'''
***Sit in bone surface depression - '''Howship's lacuna'''
***Do <u>not</u> have receptors for PTH
***Do <u>not</u> have receptors for PTH
***Have receptors for calcitonin
***Have receptors for [[Bones - normal#Bone resorption|calcitonin]]
****Involute their brush border in response
****Involute their brush border in response
****Detach from bone surface
****Detach from bone surface