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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2016 Sep 9;123(1):37–43. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2016.08.020

Table 1.

TEM Morphological Characteristics

Preosteoblast Osteoblast Osteocyte
Shape Less cuboidal Typically cuboidal Stellate–shaped with more processes
Organelles Rich in ER & Golgi
Few mitochondria
Large eccentric nucleus		 Nascent osteocyte is similar to osteoblasts, while mature osteocytes have fewer ER, Golgi & Mitochondria