cementum

Term ID

UBERON:0001753

Synonyms

• bone of attachment
• cement
• cement of tooth
• cementum
• cementum of tooth

Definition

Odontoid tissue that is deposited by cementoblasts onto dentine tissue and functions to attach teeth, odontodes and other odontogenic derivatives to bone tissue and the integument. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070

References

• BTO:0002525
• CALOHA:TS-2163
• EMAPA:35203
• MA:0002541
• MESH:A14.254.646.267
• NCIT:C32276
• UMLS:C0011343
• VSAO:0000062
• XAO:0004196
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cementum
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0011343
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362114003

Ontology

Cell Ontology