Osteoblasts
A) secrete the organic matrix components of bone.
B) become osteocytes once they become entrapped in the bone that they form.
C) dissolve bone.
D) form cartilage.
E) both (a) and (b) above.

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Osteoblasts secrete the organic matrix components of bone, including collagen, which provides the framework for mineral deposition. They also become osteocytes once they become entrapped in the bone that they form. Therefore, both choice (a) and (b) are correct. Osteoclasts, not osteoblasts, dissolve bone. Osteoblasts do not form cartilage.