Term Name: amelocyte
Synonyms: amelocytes
Definition: Skeletogenic cell that produces enamel, overlies the odontogenic papilla, and arises from the differentiation of a preameloblast cell.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009085]

Relationships
develops from: ameloblast
is a type of: simple columnar epithelial cell

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