Skeletogenic cell that produces enamel, overlies the odontogenic papilla, and arises from the differentiation of a preameloblast cell. [ MESH:D000565 GOC:tfm http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]
Synonyms: enamel secreting cell amelocyte
Term information
Term relations
- secretory cell
- simple columnar epithelial cell
- ecto-epithelial cell
- adjacent to some odontogenic papilla
- part of some tooth enamel organ
- develops from some preameloblast
- capable of some amelogenesis
- produces some enamel