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Descriptor English: Enamel Organ
Descriptor Spanish: Órgano del Esmalte
Descriptor órgano del esmalte
Scope note: Células epiteliales que rodean la papila dental y se diferencian en tres capas: el epitelio interno del esmalte que consiste en los ameloblastos los cuales conforman el esmalte, y la pulpa del esmalte y el epitelio externo del esmalte, los cuales se atrofian y desaparecen antes y durante la erupción del diente respectivamente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Órgão do Esmalte
Descriptor French: Organe de l'émail
Entry term(s): Enamel Organs
Organ, Enamel
Organs, Enamel
Tree number(s): A14.549.167.900.720.265
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004658
Scope note: Epithelial cells surrounding the dental papilla and differentiated into three layers: the inner enamel epithelium, consisting of ameloblasts which eventually form the enamel, and the enamel pulp and external enamel epithelium, both of which atrophy and disappear before and upon eruption of the tooth, respectively.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under TOOTH GERM 1975-90
Online Note: search TOOTH GERM 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under TOOTH GERM 1975-90
DeCS ID: 4734
Unique ID: D004658
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Enamel Organ - Preferred
Concept UI M0007333
Scope note Epithelial cells surrounding the dental papilla and differentiated into three layers: the inner enamel epithelium, consisting of ameloblasts which eventually form the enamel, and the enamel pulp and external enamel epithelium, both of which atrophy and disappear before and upon eruption of the tooth, respectively.
Preferred term Enamel Organ
Entry term(s) Enamel Organs
Organ, Enamel
Organs, Enamel



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