NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The small space in the matrix, containing an osteocyte in bone or chondrocyte in cartilage is called as Lacunae. The Lacunae are situated between the lamellae and consist of a number of oblong spaces. Each lacuna is occupied during life by a branched cell, termed an osteocyte, bone-cell or bone-corpuscle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Osteocytes regulate local mineral deposition and chemistry at the bone matrix level, and they also function as endocrine cells producing factors that target distant organs such as the kidney to regulate phosphate transport. Osteocytes appear to be the major local orchestrator of many of bone’s functions.