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alveolar process of maxilla

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The thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets on the maxilla. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Synonyms: pars dentalis of maxilla processus alveolaris (maxilla) maxilla alveolar process processus alveolaris maxillae alveolar ridge of maxilla posterior alveolar ridge alveolar process of maxilla alveolar part of maxilla lower alveolar ridge alveolar margin of maxilla

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

Subsets

pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

latin term
processus alveolaris maxillae [ FMA:TA FMA:52897 ]

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Gray157.png

has alternative id

UBERON:0001696

id

UBERON:0004527

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

taxon notes

In humans, the tooth-bearing bones are the maxilla and the mandible. The mineral content of alveolar bone is mostly hydroxyapatite, which is also found in enamel as the main inorganic substance