osteoblast /os·teo·blast/ (os´te-o-blast″) a cell arising from a fibroblast, which, as it matures, is associated with bone production.
Osteoblast
osteoblast
osteoblast (os´tēōblast),
os·te·o·blast ( s t - -bl st )n. A cell from which bone develops; a bone-forming cell. os te·o·blastic adj. |
Osteoblast
Bone-forming cell.
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osteoblast
[os′tē·əblast′]
Etymology: Gk, osteon + blastos, germ
a bone-forming cell that is derived from the embryonic mesenchyme and, during the early development of the skeleton, differentiates from a fibroblast to function in the formation of bone tissue. Osteoblasts synthesize the collagen and glycoproteins to form the osteoid matrix and, with growth, develop into osteocytes. See also ossification. osteoblastic, adj.
osteoblast (os´tēōblast),
n the cell associated with the growth and development of bone; cuboidal in shape. In active growth, they form a continuous layer on mature bone like a sheet of epithelial cells; when the bone growth is arrested, the cells assume an elongated appearance like fibroblasts.
osteoblast
a cell arising from a fibroblast, which, as it matures, is associated with bone production.
inactive osteoblast
see surface osteocyte.
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