What are osteoblasts and osteoblasts how do they work?

Osteoblasts are one type of bone cell (out of three) that is found in bone tissue. They are bone forming cells (make bone). It deposits bone even as another bone cell, osteoclasts, breaks it down....

Osteoblast are made in three areas of bone periosteum, endosteum, and the haversian canal.

Osteoblasts arise from osteoprogenitor cells located in the deeper layer of periosteum and the bone marrow.

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1)

Osteocytes are mature bone cells that maintains the bone matrix. Osteoblasts are immature bone cells that secrete organic components of matrix.