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***Promoted by growth factors
 
***Promoted by growth factors
 
***Have receptors for PTH
 
***Have receptors for PTH
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****They contract in response -> space for osteoclasts to attach
 
**'''Osteocytes'''
 
**'''Osteocytes'''
 
***Osteoblasts that have become surrounded by mineralised bone matrix
 
***Osteoblasts that have become surrounded by mineralised bone matrix
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***Regulate composition of bone fluid
 
***Regulate composition of bone fluid
 
**'''Osteoclasts'''
 
**'''Osteoclasts'''
***Large, often multinucleated cells  
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***Histologically:
***Acidophilic cytoplasm
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****Large, often multinucleated cells  
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****Acidophilic cytoplasm
 
***Derived from haematopoietic stem cells
 
***Derived from haematopoietic stem cells
***Responsible for bone resorption (have a brush border for this)
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***Responsible for bone resorption
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****Firstly dissolve mineral followed by collagen
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****Use brush border for this
 
***Sit in bone surface depression - '''Howship's lacuna'''
 
***Sit in bone surface depression - '''Howship's lacuna'''
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***Do <u>not</u> have receptors for PTH
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***Have receptors for calcitonin
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****Involute their brush border in response
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****Detach from bone surface
 
*'''Matrix''':
 
*'''Matrix''':
 
**Osteoid
 
**Osteoid
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