alveolar border of mandible
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alveolar process — n the bony ridge or raised thickened border on each side of the upper or lower jaw that contains the sockets of the teeth called also alveolar ridge * * * the portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible that surrounds and supports the… … Medical dictionary
alveolar process — noun a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth • Syn: ↑alveolar ridge, ↑gum ridge • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage • Part Holonyms: ↑j … Useful english dictionary
Ramus of the mandible — Bone: Ramus of the mandible Mandible. Outer surface. Side view … Wikipedia
Coronoid process of the mandible — Bone: Coronoid process of the mandible Mandible. Outer surface. Side view. (Coronoid process labeled at top center.) Latin processus coronoideus mand … Wikipedia
Changes produced in the mandible by age — Fig. 1: At birth. Fig. 2: In childhood … Wikipedia
Ossification of mandible — Figure 3: Mandible of human embryo 24 mm. long. Outer aspect. Figure 4: Mandible of human embryo 24 mm. long. Inner … Wikipedia
Ossification of the mandible — The mandible is ossified in the fibrous membrane covering the outer surfaces of Meckel s cartilages. These cartilages form the cartilaginous bar of the mandibular arch (see p. 66), and are two in number, a right and a left. Their proximal or… … Wikipedia
Body of mandible — Infobox Bone Name = PAGENAME Latin = corpus mandibulae GraySubject = 44 GrayPage = 172 Caption = Mandible. Outer surface. Side view Caption2 = Mandible. Inner surface. Side view Precursor = 1st branchial arch [EmbryologyUNC|hednk|023] Origins =… … Wikipedia
Process — In anatomy, a process is a projection from a structure. The process of the mandible is the part of the lower jaw that projects forward. In a more general sense, a process is a series of actions or events that are part of a system or of a… … Medical dictionary
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
