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cusp of tooth

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006844

A raised area of the biting surface of a tooth. [ ncithesaurus:Tooth_Cusp ]

Synonyms: tooth cusp

Term info

database cross reference
  • SCTID:362107000
  • TAO:0001973
  • ZFA:0005434
  • NCIT:C94568
  • UMLS:C0226994 (ncithesaurus:Tooth_Cusp)
  • FMA:56481
Subsets

vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

the elevated, somewhat pointed portions of the chewing surfaces on premolar and molar teeth, Anatomical structure that is a natural outgrowth, prominence, or point that is part of the surface of a tooth.[TAO]

curator note

this class may be obsoleted and split - the TAO class is generic, the mammalian class refers specifically to a molariform tooth

has related synonym

tooth cone

id

UBERON:0006844

prefLabel

Cusp of tooth