Cellular biology always reminds me how crazy animals are; how much time and how many generations animals must have taken to get here. Its awesome there’s just cells that show up, get supplied everything they need and build mineral deposits. And a fully separate cell type to deconstruct those.
Is an osteoblast posting this? They hate constantly getting their hard work removed by osteoclasts.
Cellular biology always reminds me how crazy animals are; how much time and how many generations animals must have taken to get here. Its awesome there’s just cells that show up, get supplied everything they need and build mineral deposits. And a fully separate cell type to deconstruct those.
It’s a robust system: when a bone is fractured and not straightened before healing, it will eventually get close to the right shape.