alveolar bone

English

Noun

alveolar bone (plural alveolar bones)

1. (anatomy) A ridge on the surface of a teeth-bearing bone, such as maxilla and mandible in humans, that contains the tooth sockets.

Translations

ridge on the maxilla

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙槽骨 (yácáogǔ)

• Finnish: hammaskuoppaharjanne
• Hungarian: fogmedernyúlvány
• Portuguese: osso alveolar m
• Romanian: os alveolar n