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Bone cells are called _____ and cartilage cells are called ____.

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Bone cells are called lining cells and the other one is called chondrocyte

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Bone cells are called osteoblasts/Osteoclasts.

There are two types of bone cells.

  • Osteoclasts are in the first type. They absorb (dissolve) the bone.
  • The other type is the osteoblast family, which consists of osteoblasts that make bone.


  • 2.

  • Cartilage cells are called
  • chondrocytes.

    • Chondrocytes produce large amounts of extracellular matrix composed of collagen fibers, proteoglycan, and elastic fibers.

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