The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds the root of a tooth, separating it from and attaching it to the alveolar bone. It extends from the base of the gingival mucosa to the fundus of the bony socket, and its main function is to hold the tooth in its socket[BTO]. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/21 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodontal_fiber https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1233 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001020 ]
Synonyms: periodontal fibre fibra periodontalis periodontal fiber
Term information
- Wikipedia:Periodontal_fiber
- GAID:1259
- CALOHA:TS-0763
- EMAPA:35679
- MA:0002467
- FMA:56665
- SCTID:245775004
- BTO:0001020
pheno_slim
paradentium
peridental membrane
peridontal ligament
peridontal fibre
peridontal ligament fiber
peridontal fiber
peridontal ligament fibre
peridontal membrane
odontoperiosteum
alveolodental ligament
alveolodental membrane
alveolar periosteum
PDL
desmodontium
peridontium
Term relations
- ligament
- skeletal ligament
- neural crest-derived structure
- develops from some dental follicle
- part of some periodontium