Definition of Odontoblasts. Meaning of Odontoblasts. Synonyms of Odontoblasts

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Definition of Odontoblasts

Odontoblast
Odontoblast O*don"to*blast, n. [Odonto- + -blast.] 1. (Anat.) One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.

Meaning of Odontoblasts from wikipedia

- This is because of the retention of the odontoblasts within the tooth, along the outer pulpal wall. Odontoblasts also secrete tertiary dentin when irritated...
- initiate dentin formation. Dentinogenesis is initiated by the odontoblasts of the pulp. Odontoblasts are specialised cells that lay down an organic matrix known...
- odontoblasts and lies next to the predentin and mature dentin. Cells found in the dental pulp include fibroblasts (the prin****l cell), odontoblasts,...
- hydroxyapatite crystals and mineralization of the matrix secreted by the odontoblasts. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Tomes, John" . Dictionary of National Biography...
- size and differentiates into odontoblasts, which are the cells that form dentin. Researchers believe that the odontoblasts would not form if it were not...
- is deposited at specific sites in response to injury by odontoblasts or replacement odontoblasts from the pulp depending on the severity of the injury....
- continuously throughout life by odontoblasts, which reside at the border between the pulp and dentin. Since odontoblasts are present, a stimulus, such as...
- dental enamel develops) to differentiate into odontoblasts (dentin-secreting cells). The odontoblasts undergo differentiation and repolarization and...
- functional after the first layer of dentin (predentin) has been formed by odontoblasts. The cells are part of the reduced enamel epithelium after enamel maturation...
- pulpal nerves from the odontoblast processes. However, there has been a lack of evidence that there are synapses between odontoblasts and the pulpal nerve...