loading...| Preferred Name |
periodontal ligament |
| Synonyms |
PDL peridontal ligament fiber fibra periodontalis alveolodental ligament desmodontium peridental membrane peridontal ligament peridontium periodontium periodontal fiber paradentium peridontal fibre peridontal ligament fibre peridontal membrane peridontal fiber odontoperiosteum alveolodental membrane alveolar periosteum periodontal fibre |
| Definitions |
The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds the root of a tooth, separating it from and attaching it to the alveolar bone. It extends from the base of the gingival mucosa to the fundus of the bony socket, and its main function is to hold the tooth in its socket[BTO]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008266 |
| database_cross_reference |
BTO:0001020 FMA:56665 Wikipedia:Periodontal_fiber MA:0002467 SCTID:245775004 MESH:D010513 CALOHA:TS-0763 GAID:1259 EMAPA:35679 |
| definition |
The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds the root of a tooth, separating it from and attaching it to the alveolar bone. It extends from the base of the gingival mucosa to the fundus of the bony socket, and its main function is to hold the tooth in its socket[BTO]. |
| depicted by |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/The_Periodontium.jpg |
| develops_from | |
| has_exact_synonym |
fibra periodontalis periodontal fiber periodontal fibre |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
PDL peridontal ligament fiber alveolodental ligament desmodontium peridental membrane peridontal ligament peridontium periodontium paradentium peridontal fibre peridontal ligament fibre peridontal membrane peridontal fiber odontoperiosteum alveolodental membrane alveolar periosteum |
| id |
UBERON:0008266 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
periodontal ligament |
| notation |
UBERON:0008266 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
periodontal ligament |
| see also | |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds the root of a tooth, separating it from and attaching it to the alveolar bone. It extends from the base of the gingival mucosa to the fundus of the bony socket, and its main function is to hold the tooth in its socket[BTO]. It consist of cells, extracellular compartment of fibers. The cells are fibroblast, epithelial, undifferentiated mesenchymal cells, bone and cementum cells. The extracellular compartment consists of collagen fibers bundles embedded in ground substance. The PDL substance has been estimated to be 70% water and is thought to have a significant effect on the tooth's ability to withstand stress loads[WP][BTO:0001020, Wikipedia:Periodontal_fiber, https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/21]. The collagen fibers, running from the cementum to the alveolar bone, that suspend a tooth in its socket; they include apical, oblique, horizontal, and alveolar crest fibers, indicating that the orientation of the fibers varies at different levels[http://www.drugs.com/dict/desmodentium.html]. |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
FMA treats periodontium and periodontal ligament as the same; it has a separate class desmodentium, which we place here even though it is classified as fetal in FMA |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000211 |