Korff's fiber

Korff's fiber
Korff's fiber 'kȯrfs- n any of the thick argyrophilic fibers in the developing tooth that arise from the dental papilla, pass between the cells of the odontoblast layer, and form the matrix of the dentin called also von Korff fiber
Korff Karl von 20th-century German anatomist and histologist.

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