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enamel organ

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Main Entry: enamel organ
Function: noun
: an ectodermal ingrowth from the dental lamina that forms a cap with two walls separated by a reticulum of stellate cells,encloses the anterior part of the developing dental papilla and the cells of the inner enamel layer adjacent to the papilla, and differentiates into columnar ameloblasts which lay down the enamel rodsof the tooth
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enamel organ n.
A mass of ectodermal cells budded from the dental lamina. It develops the ameloblast layer of cells which produce the enamel cap of a developing tooth.

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