dentine dentine of tooth BTO:0003453 TAO:0005143 EMAPA:35281 Dentine is found in the fossil record as early as the late Cambrian, in fish, where it may have had a role in electrochemical sensing of the environment as well as assisting in defense[WP] VHOG:0001589 Mineralized collagen containing substance that forms the tooth structure.[TAO] GAID:1272 ZFA:0005143 Dentine is a bona fide vertebrate novelty, and dentine-secreting odontoblasts represent a cell type that is exclusively derived from the neural crest.[well established][VHOG] UMLS:C0011429 MA:0002542 predentin SCTID:362112004 VSAO:0000069 . UBERON:0001751 Wikipedia:Dentin XAO:0004051 MESH:D003804 dentin NCIT:C32453 dentinal FMA:55628 Collagen-rich odontogenic tissue characteristic of teeth and tooth-like skeletal elements (e.g., odontodes); mature dentine is mineralized and develops from predentine tissue; often (but not always) tubular and acellular. neural crest-derived structure odontoid tissue mineralized skeletal tissue