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OCR: is cellular Although bone is a mineralised tissue, le are and metabolically active. The cells in bo us bone present on endosteal surfaces of cancello n channels adjacent to the marrow cavity, and with as the that tunnel through cortical bone know ually haversian systems. These cells are conti ructuring restructuring the skeleton. The bone res known as or remodelling occurs in discrete packet bone-remodelling units. fbone are The cells involved in the remodelling c e large osteoclasts and osteoblasts, Osteoclasts a for multinucleated cells that are responsibl small breaking down bone, and osteoblasts are thesising cuboidal cells that are responsible for sy oclasts are new bone and then mineralising it. Oste body unique cells that are the only cells in the bone. known to have the capability ...