Osteoblast (redirected from Osteoblat)

osteoblast /os·teo·blast/ (os´te-o-blast?) a cell arising from a fibroblast, which, as it matures, is associated with bone production.

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os·te·o·blast (st--blst)

n.

A cell from which bone develops; a bone-forming cell.

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oste·o·blastic adj.

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Osteoblast

Bone-forming cell.

Mentioned in: Multiple Myeloma

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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.

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osteoblast

a cell arising from a fibroblast, which, as it matures, is associated with bone production.

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inactive osteoblast

see surface osteocyte.