Cell
odontoblast Audio
o·don·to·blast [ oh-don-tuh-blast ]
Subclass of:
Connective Tissue Cells
Etymology:
Greek odous (odont-) = tooth + blastos = germ
A term applied to the dentin-forming cells.
Definitions related to odontoblasts:
  • A cell derived from a preodontoblast that secretes predentin. Each odontoblast has a cytoplasmic extension, an odontoblastic process that traverses the thickness of the dentin and helps to maintain the dentin.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Connective tissue cell which deposits dentin and forms the outer surface of the dental pulp adjacent to the dentin.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The mesenchymal cells which line the DENTAL PULP CAVITY and produce DENTIN. They have a columnar morphology in the coronal pulp but are cuboidal in the root pulp, or when adjacent to tertiary dentin.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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