Medical Subject Headings

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Id	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003743 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003743
Preferred Name	Dental Enamel
Definitions	A hard thin translucent layer of calcified substance which envelops and protects the dentin of the crown of the tooth. It is the hardest substance in the body and is almost entirely composed of calcium salts. Under the microscope, it is composed of thin rods (enamel prisms) held together by cementing substance, and surrounded by an enamel sheath. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p286)
Synonyms	Enamels Cuticle, Enamel Dental Enamels Enamel Enamel Cuticles Cuticles, Enamel Enamels, Dental Enamel, Dental Enamel Cuticle
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

definition	A hard thin translucent layer of calcified substance which envelops and protects the dentin of the crown of the tooth. It is the hardest substance in the body and is almost entirely composed of calcium salts. Under the microscope, it is composed of thin rods (enamel prisms) held together by cementing substance, and surrounded by an enamel sheath. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p286)
altLabel	Enamels Cuticle, Enamel Dental Enamels Enamel Enamel Cuticles Cuticles, Enamel Enamels, Dental Enamel, Dental Enamel Cuticle See more See less
prefLabel	Dental Enamel
TH	NLM (1997) NLM (1991) NLM (1966) UNK (19XX)
notation	D003743
DX	19600101
Machine permutation	ENAMEL CUTICLE was heading 1965-96; NASMYTH'S MEMBRANE was see ENAMEL CUTICLE 1975-96
MN	A14.549.167.900.255
FX	D000565 D000566
MMR	20030709
Mapped from	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C535520
AQL	AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IN IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU TR UL VI
HN	ENAMEL CUTICLE was heading 1965-96; NASMYTH'S MEMBRANE was see ENAMEL CUTICLE 1975-96
subClassOf	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D019589
Semantic type UMLS property	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T024 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T031
DC	1
MDA	19990101
Inverse of RO	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000566 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000565
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
tui	T024 T031
cui	C0011350 C0014031
AN	/embryol: consider also AMELOGENESIS
Inverse of AQ	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000098 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000648 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000469 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000002 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000033 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000254 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000196 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000473 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000737 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000294 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000293 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000502 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000503 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000187 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000201 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000637 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000601 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000000981 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000166 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000528 See more See less
OL	use DENTAL ENAMEL to search NASMYTH'S MEMBRANE 1975-96
TERMUI	T011024 T011023 T011021 T011022 T011026 T011025 See more See less

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