Preferred Label : cementum;
Uberon definition : Odontoid tissue that is deposited by cementoblasts onto dentine tissue and functions
to attach teeth, odontodes and other odontogenic derivatives to bone tissue and the
integument.;
Uberon synonym : cement of tooth; cementum of tooth; cement;
Uberon related term : bone of attachment;
Uberon Taxon note : Cementum, the supporting tissue that anchors mammalian and crocodylian teeth into
their sockets, differs among species and can have features of dentine, of bone, and
of calcified cartilage, as well as unique features. Cementum is deposited by cementoblasts
onto existing dentine. As in bone and dentine, cementoblasts produce an organic matrix,
the main constituent of which is collagen type I (Bosshardt, 2005), but cementum,
dentine, and bone also share a number of important noncollagenous matrix components
such as osteopontin, osteocalcin, bone sialoprotein, a2-HS- glycoprotein, dentine
matrix protein, dentine sialoprotein, and den- tine phosphoprotein (McKee et al.,
1996; Bosshardt, 2005). it has been argued that in all rodents and ruminants, cementum
is a form of calcified cartilage[H&W];
Origin ID : 0001753;
UMLS CUI : C0011343;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- has developmental contribution from
Odontoid tissue that is deposited by cementoblasts onto dentine tissue and functions
to attach teeth, odontodes and other odontogenic derivatives to bone tissue and the
integument.
