ameloblast
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000059
Skeletogenic cell that produces enamel, overlies the odontogenic papilla, and arises from the differentiation of a preameloblast cell. [ MESH:D000565 GOC:tfm http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]
Synonyms: enamel secreting cell, amelocyte
Term info
- FMA:70576
- BTO:0001663
non-encoded relationship from VSAO produces VSAO:0000066
CL:0000053, CL:0000139
Ameloblast
Term relations
- secretory cell
- simple columnar epithelial cell
- ecto-epithelial cell
- adjacent_to some odontogenic papilla
- part of some tooth enamel organ
- develops from some preameloblast
- capable of some amelogenesis
- produces some enamel