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