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DIAGRAM: BONE: Physiology of bone remodeling in trabecular bone-series 5 of 9, osteoclast; In this way, the multinucleated osteoclasts resorb a packet of bone, forming a resorption pit. Large resorption pits are referred to as Howships lacunae. This entire process has been referred to as the "resorption phase."

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