Osteoclast

Osteoclasts are a special population of bone cells whose function is to destroy it. It is thanks to their activity that the bone grows in thickness and length. When there are too many osteoclasts, the bone begins to break down, and this is fraught with pathological fractures. Within a bone organ, osteoclasts are generated from tissue stromal cells, the precursors of osteocytes during cellular differentiation. The resulting cells are characterized by a multipolar arrangement of nuclei, rich in organelles, and vacuoles with lysosomes. Odontoblasts are represented by unicellular organs. The basis of the cytoplasm is the matrix and processes that are associated with cement tissue. The shape of the cells is ovoid and multifaceted. The amino acids type I collagens are responsible for the shape of osteoblast trunks. The cells have a large number of processes - processous. The cytoplasm of osteocytes contains cavities and oval nuclei. The stroma for osteocytes is the matrix space, which contains the intercellular matrix and organic compounds of protein and carbohydrate origin.