Assertion: osteoblast | /r/HasAspect | three possible fates
Facets:
value: following completion of matrix formation
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Following completion of matrix formation, osteoblasts have three possible fates: become osteocytes embedded in mineralized bone matrix and lose most of their cytoplasmic organelles, die by programed cell death or transform into inactive quiescent bone lining cells 19 , 20 .