PULP

n. Pu3Ip. Gr., <ropf. Lat., puJpa, pulpamen. Fr., pulpe. Ger., Brei (1st def.), Kern, Mark (2d def.). 1. Any soft, usually juicy, slightly cohesive ma , [a, 48.] 2. In botany, soft walled parenchyma, especially fruit parenchyma, also the succulent hymenium of Fungi. [B, 1, 19, 123 (a, 35).] 3. See ALBA. Dental p. Lat., pulp a dent is. Ger., Zahnkern, Zahnpulpa. The soft substance filling the p.-cavity of a tooth; composed of blood-ve els, nerves, and mucoid connective ti ue containing many branching cells. At the surface of the p. the cells (odontoblasts) are arranged like an epithelium. [J, 26, 30, 35.] Cf. Tooth PAPILLA. Digital p. Lat., pulp a digitorum. Fr., pulpe des doigts et des orteils. Ger., Tastpolster. The highly sensitive, elastic, fleshy ma on the palmar or plantar aspect of the distal part of the fingers and toes. [J.] Fruit-p. Ger., Fruchtbrei. Fruchtmark. The p. in which the seeds of certain fruits are imbedded, [a, 35.] Hair-p. Lat., pulp a pili. See flair PAPILLA. P. elements. Cells forming the p., or parenchyma, of an organ. [J.] Splenic p. The portion of the spleen which, with the Malpighian corpuscles, fills in the spaces between the trabeculae. [L.] [s. 355]