| 1. | When the osteoblast becomes trapped, it becomes known as an osteocyte.
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| 2. | The osteocyte lies within a small chamber called a canaliculi.
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| 3. | FGF23 is secreted by osteocytes in response to elevated calcitriol.
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| 4. | Osteocyte activity plays a key role in this process.
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| 5. | Direct effects of chronic alcoholism are apparent in osteoblasts, osteoclasts and osteocytes.
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| 6. | Osteoblasts buried in the matrix are called osteocytes.
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| 7. | When osteoblasts become trapped in the matrix that they secrete, they become osteocytes.
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| 8. | Osteocytes remain alive and are connected by cell processes to a surface layer of osteoblasts.
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| 9. | Osteocytes have important functions in skeletal maintenance.
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| 10. | In mature bone, osteocytes and their processes reside inside spaces called canaliculi, respectively.
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