Question 311 · LDEK · Enamel
What is the name of microanatomical elevations visible on the enamel surface, that usually lie parallel to the cemento-enamel junction and are separated with the grooves that are the endings of Tomes’ processes?
- A. prisms.
- B. perikymata.
- C. Hunter-Schreger bands.
- D. Striae of Retzius.
- E. neonatal lines.
Hint
These surface features are where the incremental growth lines of enamel reach the tooth surface.
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