bone mineralization

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Diagram illustrating the stages of bone remodeling, showing bone-lining cells, osteoclasts breaking down bone, mononuclear cells, osteoblasts building new bone, osteocytes embedded in bone, and the transition from old to new bone.

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Diagram illustrating the stages of bone remodeling, showing bone-lining cells, osteoclasts breaking down bone, mononuclear cells, osteoblasts building new bone, osteocytes embedded in bone, and the transition from old to new bone.

Bone remodeling

The ongoing process of synthesis and destruction that gives bone its mature structure...

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