Alveolar process
Left maxilla. Outer surface. (Alveolar process visible at bottom.)
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Latin	processus alveolaris
Gray's	subject #38
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The alveolar process (processus alveolaris) is the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets on bones that bear teeth. It is also referred to as the alveolar bone. In humans, the tooth-bearing bones are the maxilla and the mandible. On the maxilla, the alveolar process is a ridge on the inferior surface, and on the mandible it is ridge on the superior surface. It makes up the thickest part of the maxilla. The buccinator muscle attaches to the alveolar processes of both the maxilla and mandible. File links The following pages link to this file: Maxilla Wikipedia:Grays Anatomy images with missing articles 4 Categories: Public domain images ... The maxillae are the largest bones of the face, except for the mandible, and form, by their union, the whole of the upper jaw. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a huge controlled vocabulary (or metadata system) for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. ... Elseviers logo Elsevier, the worlds largest publisher of medical and scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group. ... Grays illustration of a human femur, a typically recognized bone. ... A socket generally designates a cavity or region used for fitting and connecting some specific device. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The maxillae are the largest bones of the face, except for the mandible, and form, by their union, the whole of the upper jaw. ... The mandible (inferior maxillary bone) (together with the maxilla) is the largest and strongest bone of the face. ... The anatomical planes The anatomical position is a schematic convention for describing the relative morphology of the human body. ... The mandible (inferior maxillary bone) (together with the maxilla) is the largest and strongest bone of the face. ... The anatomical planes The anatomical position is a schematic convention for describing the relative morphology of the human body. ... The Buccinator is a thin quadrilateral muscle, occupying the interval between the maxilla and the mandible at the side of the face. ...

References

• Cate, A.R. Ten. Oral Histology: development, structure, and function. 5th ed. 1998. ISBN 0815129521.
• Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. (1918). ISBN 1-58734-102-6
• "Process, alveolar." Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. (2000). ISBN 0-683-40007-X