Definition of Osteoblast. Meaning of Osteoblast. Synonyms of Osteoblast

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Definition of Osteoblast

Osteoblast
Osteoblast Os"te*o*blast, n. [Osteo- + -blast.] (Anat.) One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.

Meaning of Osteoblast from wikipedia

- Osteoblasts (from the Gr**** combining forms for "bone", ὀστέο-, osteo- and βλαστάνω, blastanō "germinate") are cells with a single nucleus that synthesize...
- bone rigidity. Bone tissue is made up of different types of bone cells. Osteoblasts and osteocytes are involved in the formation and mineralisation of bone;...
- some of which differentiate into active osteoblasts (which may further differentiate to osteocytes). Osteoblasts/osteocytes develop in mesenchyme. In mature...
- by the RUNX2 gene. RUNX2 is a key transcription factor ****ociated with osteoblast differentiation. It has also been suggested that Runx2 plays a cell proliferation...
- Osteoblast milk protein (OMP, Chinese: 造骨牛奶蛋白) is the name used by Mengniu, a Chinese dairy company, for a milk protein used as a food additive in their...
- remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cells named osteoblasts. It is synonymous with bone tissue formation. There are two processes...
- (MSC) in the bone marrow. They have the ability to differentiate into osteoblasts or chondrocytes depending on the signalling molecules they are exposed...
- glands, it is also expressed elsewhere in the body, specifically in the osteoblast, which is responsible for making new bone, a continual and highly regulated...
- stem cell, or MSC, is an unspecialized cell that can develop into an osteoblast. Before it begins to develop, the morphological characteristics of a MSC...
- performing essentially as stem cells—could then redifferentiate into osteoblasts and adipocytes. Each specialized cell type in an organism expresses a...