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alveolar bones

alveolar bones is the plural of alveolar bone.

Meaning of alveolar bone

Noun

alveolar bone (plural alveolar bones)

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

Questions about alveolar bones

What is alveolar bones the plural of?
Alveolar bones is the plural of alveolar bone.

Words near alveolar bones in the dictionary

  1. alveolar arteries
  2. alveolar artery
  3. alveolar bed
  4. alveolar beds
  5. alveolar bone
  6. alveolar bones
  7. alveolar dead space
  8. alveolar dead spaces
  9. alveolar nerve
  10. alveolar nerves
  11. alveolar process

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