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Explain how osteoclasts and osteoblasts remodel bone.

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Osteoclast break down the calcified extra-cellular matrix. They secrete an acid that dissolves the inorganic component of the calcified matrix. After the osteoclasts remove the extra cellular matrix, osteoblasts deposit new bone tissue.

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