Skeletal element within the mouth (or in some species, upper part of the digestive tract) that is composed of dentine and is used in procuring or masticating food. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_(animal) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: dentine containing tooth vertebrate tooth dental element tooth
Term information
- UMLS:C0040426 (ncithesaurus:Tooth)
- EFO:0000839
- GAID:1260
- BTO:0000397
- FMA:12516
- CALOHA:TS-1055
- VHOG:0001733
- NCIT:C12506
- EHDAA2:0004605
- EV:0100063
- XAO:0000431
- MAT:0000041
- MIAA:0000041
- SCTID:302214001
- TAO:0001625
- AEO:0000220
- EMAPA:32906
- Wikipedia:Tooth
- MESH:D014070
- MA:0000348
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
EDITOR_NOTE we place ZFA ctb 5 tooth here for now. Consider changing name from calcaeeous tooth. Note that sea cucumbers develop calcareous tooth-like structures
The ancestor of recent vertebrate teeth was a tooth-like structure on the outer body surface of jawless fishes.[well established][VHOG]
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_189497
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9761
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9257
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8782
Term relations
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- ectoderm-derived structure
- tooth-like structure
- has part some dentine
- in taxon some (not Ornithorhynchus)
- in taxon some (not Echidna)
- has developmental contribution from some tooth enamel organ
- has developmental contribution from some stomodeum
- in taxon some (not Aves)
- develops from some tooth bud
- immediate transformation of some tooth bud
- in taxon some (not Mysticeti)