Flat cells on bone surfaces believed to also help maintain matrix (along with osteocytes). On external bone surface, lining cells are called periosteal cells. On internal surfaces, they are called endosteal cells.


What will be an ideal response?


Bone lining cells

Biology & Microbiology

You might also like to view...

On Earth all metabolic reactions involve interactions among molecules in a solution in ________

a. water b. air c. the seas d. soil e. the atmosphere

Biology & Microbiology

Cyclic AMP is a type of nucleotide

__________________ Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Biology & Microbiology

If fungi are to be demonstrated, a good counterstain for the PAS technique is:

a) nuclear fast red b) van Gieson c) light green d) eosin

Biology & Microbiology

Evolution can be used to explain all of the following except:

A) constant change in populations of organisms. B) the appearance of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. C) the separate creation of each species. D) common characteristics of related species.

Biology & Microbiology