Assertion: osteocyte | /r/CapableOf | function within mineralized tissue
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text: During the process of bone formation, matrix‐synthesizing osteoblasts have at least three potential fates21: (1) Some of them become embedded within the bone matrix and are thereafter referred to as osteocytes, which continue to live and function within the mineralized tissue; (2) at the end of the remodeling cycle, some osteoblasts become flattened and then remain as quiescent lining cells at the bone surface; and (3) some matrix‐synthesizing osteoblasts die by apoptosis.