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MeSH Heading: Osteoclasts
Tree Number(s): A11.329.372.700; A11.627.482.700
Unique ID: D010010
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010010
Scope Note: A large multinuclear cell associated with the BONE RESORPTION. An odontoclast, also called cementoclast, is cytomorphologically the same as an osteoclast and is involved in CEMENTUM resorption.
Entry Term(s): Cementoclast; Cementoclasts; Odontoclast; Odontoclasts; Osteoclast
See Also: Bone Resorption; Osteoblasts
Public MeSH Note: ODONTOCLASTS was heading 1965-77
Online Note: use OSTEOCLASTS to search ODONTOCLASTS 1966-77
History Note: ODONTOCLASTS was heading 1965-77
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0015528
Terms: Odontoclasts Preferred Term
Term UI T029632
Date05/10/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Cementoclasts
Term UI T526350
Date11/18/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Cementoclast
Term UI T526351
Date11/18/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Odontoclast
Term UI T526352
Date11/18/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004)

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