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Descriptor English: Ameloblasts
Descriptor Spanish: Ameloblastos
Descriptor ameloblastos
Scope note: Células epiteliales cilíndricas que se localizan en la porción más interna del ÓRGANO DEL ESMALTE. Su función incluye la contribución al desarrollo de la unión dentina-esmalte por la acumulación de una capa de la matriz, produciendo así la base para los prismas (unidades estructurales del ESMALTE DENTAL), y la producción de la matriz de los prismas de esmalte y de la sustancia interprismática. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992).
Descriptor Portuguese: Ameloblastos
Descriptor French: Améloblastes
Entry term(s): Ameloblast
Tree number(s): A11.436.107
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000565
Scope note: Cylindrical epithelial cells 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)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Related: Ameloblastoma MeSH
DeCS ID: 566
Unique ID: D000565
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Ameloblasts - Preferred
Concept UI M0000884
Scope note Cylindrical epithelial cells 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)
Preferred term Ameloblasts
Entry term(s) Ameloblast



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