odontoblastic layer

odontoblastic layer
the epithelioid odontoblastic zone, one to five layers thick, which forms the outer surface of the dental pulp adjacent to the dentin, resting on the Weil basal layer. It produces and maintains the dentin.

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  • Weil basal layer — a clear, relatively cell free layer, located just inside the odontoblastic layer and overlying the cell rich zone of the dental pulp, which is visible during the inactive phase of dentinogenesis. It is made up of delicate fibrils embedded in the… …   Medical dictionary

  • Tomes layer process (fiber fibril) — (tōmz) [Sir John Tomes, English anatomist and dentist, 1815–1895] see odontoblastic process, under process, and see granular layer of Tomes, under layer …   Medical dictionary

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  • odontoblast — odontoblastic, adj. /oh don teuh blast /, n. Anat. one of a layer of cells lining the pulp cavity of a tooth, from which dentin is formed. [1875 80; ODONTO + BLAST] * * * …   Universalium

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  • dentine — ▪ anatomy also spelled  Dentin,         in anatomy, the yellowish tissue that makes up the bulk of all teeth. It is harder than bone but softer than enamel and consists mainly of apatite crystals of calcium and phosphate. In humans, other mammals …   Universalium

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