bn:00003182n
Noun Concept
Categories: Mouth, Speech organs, Human head and neck, Dental anatomy, Human mouth anatomy
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alveolar ridge  gum ridge  alveolar process  alveolar arch  alveolar bone
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A ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth WordNet 3.0
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A ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The alveolar process or alveolar bone is the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets on the jaw bones. Wikipedia
The alveolar ridge is one of the two jaw ridges, extensions of the mandible or maxilla, either on the roof of the mouth between the upper teeth and the hard palate or on the bottom of the mouth behind the lower teeth. Wikipedia
The ridge of bone that contains dental alveolus Wikipedia Disambiguation
A ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible and contains the alveoli of the teeth. Wiktionary
Ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible. Wiktionary (translation)