Haversian Canals, Pre-Osteoclasts and Osteoclasts Osteoclasts locate in mineralized bone tissue and on the cortexes' endosteal surfaces. Osteoclasts are many times larger than osteoblasts. Consequently, without increasing bones' sizes or mineralizations, Haversian Canals strengthen bones against compression mechanical stresses. Endosteal osteoclasts cover forty percent of mineralized bone tissues' endosteal surfaces. Osteoclasts resorb mineralized bone tissues.
Osteoclasts are very mobile.
Every eighteen hours, osteoclasts contact entire endosteal surfaces. Pre-osteoclasts float freely in bones' marrow canals and mature into osteoclasts. The table of contents for this eBook provide an easy to use navigation tool for Dr. Marshall's superb text. The entire text on this page and other pages of the book are copyrighted by the author Dr. Mike Marshall. This book is presented here at Baseball Almanac with express written permission of the author.