Alveolar process

Alveolar process
Alveolar process
	Human jaws with anterior (frontal) portion of alveolar processes cut away towards right
Details
System	Skeletal
Identifiers
Latin	os alveolaris
TA98	A02.1.12.035
TA2	791
FMA	59487 52897, 59487
	Anatomical terms of bone

The alveolar process (/ælˈviːələr, ˌælviˈoʊlər, ˈælviələr/)^[1] or alveolar bone is the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets on the jaw bones (in humans, the maxilla and the mandible).^[2] The structures are covered by gums as part of the oral cavity.

The synonymous terms alveolar ridge^[3] and alveolar margin are also sometimes used more specifically to refer to the ridges on the inside of the mouth which can be felt with the tongue, either on roof of the mouth between the upper teeth and the hard palate or on the bottom of the mouth behind the lower teeth.^[4]

^ Wells JC (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 9781405881180.
^ Bath-Balogh & Fehrenbach 1997, p. 195.
^ "Definition of ALVEOLAR PROCESS". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ Phonetics at the Encyclopædia Britannica Accessed: 12 September 2018.

[1] Wells JC (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 9781405881180.

[FOOTNOTEBath-BaloghFehrenbach1997195-2] Bath-Balogh & Fehrenbach 1997, p. 195.

[MW2-3] "Definition of ALVEOLAR PROCESS". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[4] Phonetics at the Encyclopædia Britannica Accessed: 12 September 2018.

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