odontoblast
Skeletogenic cell that secretes dentine matrix, is derived from the odontogenic papilla, and develops from a preodontoblast cell. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0618947256 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]
Term info
odontoblast
legacy def: One of the cells forming the outer surface of dental pulp that produces tooth dentin.
cell
Term relations
- neurecto-epithelial cell
- general ecto-epithelial cell
- non-terminally differentiated cell
- part of some tooth enamel organ
- develops from some preodontoblast
- produces some dentine