| Term: | tooth 5V ameloblast |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | tooth 5V |
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| Definition: | Ceratobranchial 5 tooth which is the posteriormost tooth in the ventral tooth row. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001142] |
| Name: | ameloblast |
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| Synonyms: | ameloblasts |
| Definition: | A cylindrical epithelial cell in the innermost layer of the enamel organ. Their functions include contribution to the development of the dentinoenamel junction by the deposition of a layer of the matrix, thus producing the foundation for the prisms (the structural units of the dental enamel), and production of the matrix for the enamel prisms and interprismatic substance. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992). |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009028] |