Odontoblast
Type of cell that produces dentin in teeth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In vertebrates, an odontoblast is a cell of neural crest origin that is part of the outer surface of the dental pulp, and whose biological function is dentinogenesis, which is the formation of dentin, the substance beneath the tooth enamel on the crown and the cementum on the root.
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Precursor | Neural crest |
Location | Tooth |
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Latin | odontoblastus |
MeSH | D009804 |
FMA | 62999 |
Anatomical terms of microanatomy |
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