Tomes process — (tōmz) [Charles Sissmore Tomes, English anatomist and dentist, 1846–1928] see under process (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
Tomes process — 1. a finger like projection of the ameloblast, occurring during the secretory phase of the cell during amelogenesis, which extends from the point of separation of the adjacent cell membrane to the distal free surface. 2. odontoblastic p … Medical dictionary
Tomes' fiber — tōmz n any of the fibers extending from the odontoblasts into the alveolar canals: a dentinal fiber called also Tomes process Tomes Sir John (1815 1895) British dental surgeon. Tomes did much during his career to upgrade the practice of dentistry … Medical dictionary
Tomes layer process (fiber fibril) — (tōmz) [Sir John Tomes, English anatomist and dentist, 1815–1895] see odontoblastic process, under process, and see granular layer of Tomes, under layer … Medical dictionary
Process — In anatomy, a process is a projection from a structure. The process of the mandible is the part of the lower jaw that projects forward. In a more general sense, a process is a series of actions or events that are part of a system or of a… … Medical dictionary
process of tomes — ˈtōmz Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: after Sir John Tomes died 1895 English dental surgeon : one of the fine fibrils of the ameloblasts that project from the pulp of a tooth into the dentine … Useful english dictionary
Tomes — Sir Charles S., English dentist, 1846–1928. See T. processes, under process. Sir John, English dentist and anatomist, 1815–1895. See T. fibers, under fiber, T. granular layer … Medical dictionary
Tomes fiber — odontoblastic process … Medical dictionary
Tomes fibril — odontoblastic process … Medical dictionary
odontoblastic process — one of the slender protoplasmic processes in a dentinal tubule, a cytoplasmic extension of the cell body; these processes extend from the dentinoenamel junction and cementodentinal junction to the cell bodies of odontoblasts in the dental pulp.… … Medical dictionary
