Across
- 5. the surface layer of osteoblasts during bone formation are called this type of osteoblast
- 6. a mismatch between osteoclast and osteoblast activity can lead to this disease
- 7. Osteoblasts are differentiated products of this type of stem cell
- 8. the period when osteoblasts are most active due to hormones and changing conditions in the body
- 10. osteoblasts release many of these essential to the formation of the bony structure matrix
Down
- 1. what happens to the production of osteoblasts when people get older
- 2. the element added to strengthen the bone by osteoblasts
- 3. cells that break down old bone cells to make way for osteoblasts
- 4. osteoblasts which have been embedded in bone at the end of the bone formation stage
- 9. name given to the osteoblast cell when it becomes inactive