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Definition of Ameloblasts
1. ameloblast [n] - See also: ameloblast
Medical Definition of Ameloblasts
1. Cylindrical epithelial cells in the innermost layer of the enamel organ. Their functions include contribution to the development of the dentinoenamel junction by the deposition of a layer of the matrix, thus producing the foundation for the prisms (the structural units of the dental enamel), and production of the matrix for the enamel prisms and interprismatic substance. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ameloblasts
Literary usage of Ameloblasts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy and Histology of the Mouth and Teeth by Isaac Norman Broomell, Philipp Fischelis (1917)
"Here we note that the early formed enamel at A records what appears to be the
definite action of the ameloblasts by prolongations of partly calcified tissue ..."
2. Compend of Dental Pathology and Therapetics by Henry H. Burchard (1896)
"At the distal ends of the ameloblasts numerous glistening globules are seen ;
apparently external to the cells is a structureless mass, resting upon the ..."
3. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Philipp Stöhr, Frederic Thomas Lewis (1913)
"The ameloblasts produce enamel along their basal surfaces, which are toward ...
X 42. and the latter forms a dense layer over the ameloblasts, suggesting a ..."
4. The Anatomy and Pathology of the Teeth by Carl F. W. Bödecker (1894)
"The intermediate layer, in connection with the ameloblasts in this stage, ...
Still higher up, where ready-formed enamel is present, the ameloblasts are ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"The principal point which is set forth in the paper is, that the formative cells
of enamel, known as ameloblasts, in all the ..."
6. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1912)
"The ameloblasts are best developed over the top of the dental papilla, ...
The ameloblasts are united by a small amount of cement-substance and defined from ..."
7. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1898)
"Then on the next older germ the ameloblasts have fallen to their original ...
(5) Great Development of ameloblasts over both Germs of one Particular Age. ..."
8. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The enamel is built up of two distinct substances—globules of uniform size which
are formed by the ameloblasts, and a cementing substance, ..."
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