There are four main categories of bone cells which include:
- osteoclasts, which destroy bones. *To remember that this one destroy's bone think of the C in osteoclasts as "CRUSH or CRACK"
- osteoblasts, which build bones. * To remember that this one build's bone think of the B in osteoblasts as "BUILD"
- osteocytes, which hold the bone together.
- osteogenics, which develop into osteoblasts