enamel

(i-nam'el). The hard glistening substance covering the crown of a tooth, subs tanti a* adamant in a. curled e., an e. in which the rods, or columns, are twisted, bent, and intertwined, c cap, the enamel covering of the crown of a tooth, e. cell, ameloblast, adamant oblast, one of the epithelial cells lining the concavity of an c. germ. e. col'umn, one of a number of minute, parallel, hexagonal rods, running from the dentine to the surface of the enamel, e. cu'ticle, Nasmyth's membrane, an extremely thin membrane covering the enamel, o. fi'ber, e. column, e. germ, embryonal e. organ, one of a series of knob-like projectiotts from the under surface of the dental lamina, later becoming bell-shaped and receiving in its hollow the papilla Mentis, e. groove, dental* groove, e. ledge, dental shelf e. mem'- brane, the internal layer of the e. organ formed by the e. cells, e. or'gan, e. germ, the cap of enamel covering the dentine of the developing tooth, e. prism, c. column, c. pulp, a layer of stellate cells in the enamel organ, e. rod, e.