| Term: | ceratobranchial 5 replacement tooth 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: | ceratobranchial 5 replacement tooth |
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| Definition: | Is a multi-tissue structure composed of dentine, enameloid and tooth pulp that develops from the dental organ. These structures successively replace the primary ceratobranchial teeth. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005849] |
| 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] |