Term Name: dental papilla
Synonyms: pharyngeal tooth mesenchyme, tooth mesenchyme
Definition: Tissue of the developing tooth. It is composed of pre-odontoblast and undifferentiated mesenchyme cells and connects to the basal lamina.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005140]

Relationships
develops from: dental mesenchyme
develops into: tooth pulp
has parts: dental papilla cell
is a type of: portion of tissue

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