enamel
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001752
A dentine-like hypermineralized substance that covers the tooth tip. Enamel's primary mineral is hydroxylapatite, which is a crystalline calcium phosphate. Unlike dentin and bone, enamel does not contain collagen. Instead, it has two unique classes of proteins called amelogenins and enamelins[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enamel_organ http://zfin.org/cgi-bin/ZFIN_jump?record=curator ]
Synonyms: enamel tissue, enamel of tooth, tooth enamel
Term info
- MESH:D003743
- MA:0002543
- EMAPA:35303
- VSAO:0000065
- BTO:0001844
- Wikipedia:Enamel_organ
- CALOHA:TS-1057
- UMLS:C0011350 (ncithesaurus:Enamel)
- SCTID:362113009
- FMA:55629
- XAO:0004198
- NCIT:C32505
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Skeletal tissue that consists of an avascular, noncollagenous, hypermineralized matrix that is deposited by ameloblasts that are excluded from the matrix. Enamel develops from organic pre-enamel tissue that is replaced by a largely inorganic matrix.[VSAO]
part_of tooth enamel organ in MA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Enamelorgan11-17-05.jpg
current classification under substance of tooth may be turned into taxon GCI (e.g. sharks have enamel in dermal denticles)
enameloid
uberon
UBERON:0001752
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9359, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9816
Enamel
Term relations
- odontoid tissue
- mineralized skeletal tissue
- in taxon some (not Orycteropodidae)
- in taxon some (not Dasypodidae)
- develops from some pre-enamel
- composed primarily of some hydroxylapatite
- only in taxon some Vertebrata