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The human embryo begins the process of ossification at
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during the 8th week
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Bones are made up of three different cells:
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Osteoblasts
Osteocytes and Osteoclasts |
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Bone formation is called
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Ossification
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Bone formation begins when
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Osteoblasts appear in the body.
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blank secrete an organic matrix into which bone salts are deposited to initiate the process of calcification (hardening).
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Osteoblasts
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The matrix in which young bone is formed, as well as the young bone itself that is created, is called
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Osteoid (resembling bone)
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When the osteoblasts are finally surrounded by this matrix, they become
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osteocytes (former osteoblasts)
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Osteoblasts continue to
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form imature bone while bone growth and development ensures that imature bone is replaced by mature bone.
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Replacement of bones occur
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when osteoclasts attach themselves to immature bone, dissolve it, and then reabsorbit.
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Matrix is when
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replacement occures, this process is a constant turnover of bone matrix, which results in the modeling of the bone.
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Bone cells
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Cells the body has programmed to create bones
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Immature bone
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The first formation of bone
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Mature bone
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Bone that has ossified and calcified
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Ossification
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Bone formation
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Osteoblasts
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Bone-forming cells that secrete a matrix which becomes calcified
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osteoclasts
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Large multinucleated cells that resorbe bone matrix
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Osteocytes
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Former osteoblasts that are surrounded by bone matrix and have calcified
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