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dental pulp

The soft tissue within the pulp cavity (tooth cavity). It consists of connective tissue containing blood vessels, nerves & lymphatics. At the periphery, is a layer of odontoblasts.

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odontoblast

General

connective tissue

References

  1. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Component-of

pulp cavity