Question

once osteoblasts have surrounded themselves with the extracellular matrix of bone tissue, they remain inside little chambers called __________ where they carry on the metabolic functions that maintain bone tissue. at this point, the cells are called osteocytes.

Answer 1

Once osteoblasts have surrounded themselves with the extracellular matrix of bone tissue, they remain inside little chambers called lacunae, where they carry on the metabolic functions that maintain bone tissue. At this point, they are called osteocytes.