pulpa dentis
[TA] dental pulp: the richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue of mesodermal origin contained in the central cavity of a tooth and delimited by the dentin; it has formative, nutritive, sensory, and protective functions. The portion within the tooth chamber proper is the p. coronalis, and that within the root is the p. radicularis. Called also endodontium and tooth pulp.
Medical dictionary.
2011.