A circumscribed mass of ectodermal cells which bud off from the dental lamina; it becomes cup-shaped and develops on its internal face the ameloblast layer of cells that produces the enamel cap of a developing tooth. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enamel_organ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1313 MP:0010747 https://github.com/cerivs/zebrafish-anatomical-ontology/issues/107 ]
Synonyms: enamel organ dental organ
Term information
- EMAPA:32888
- SCTID:362863002
- BTO:0001722
- MA:0001604
- Wikipedia:Enamel_organ
- ZFA:0005138
- CALOHA:TS-0271
- FMA:312389
- MESH:D004658
- TAO:0005138
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
. Alternate definition: A cellular aggregation seen in histologic sections of a developing tooth. It lies above a condensation of ectomesenchymal cells called the odontogenic papilla.