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alveolar crest fibers — fibers of the periodontal ligament extending from the cementum of the tooth root to the alveolar crest … Medical dictionary
Alveolar process — Bone: Alveolar process Left maxilla. Outer surface. (Alveolar process visible at bottom.) … Wikipedia
alveolar bone — the thin layer of bone making up the bony processes of the maxilla and mandible, and surrounding and containing the teeth; it is pierced by many small openings through which blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerve fibers pass. See also alveolar… … Medical dictionary
transseptal fibers — fibers of the periodontal ligament extending interproximally over the alveolar crest and embedding in the cementum of adjacent teeth; they support the interproximal gingiva and secure the adjacent tooth … Medical dictionary
cementoalveolar fibers — alveolar f s … Medical dictionary
Gingival fibers — The gingival fibers are the connective tissue fibers that attach a tooth to the gingival tissue. [Carranza s Clinical Periodontoloty, 9th Ed., W.B. Saunders, 2002, page 26.] They are primarily composed to type I collagen, although type III fibers … Wikipedia
principal fibers — 1. chief f s. 2. fibers of the periodontal ligament, which are collagen fibers arranged in bundles along the length of the root of a tooth that suspend and anchor the tooth to the alveolus. They include the transseptal, alveolar crest, horizontal … Medical dictionary
cemental fibers — the fibers of the periodontal ligament extending from the cementum to the zone of the intermediate plexus, where their terminations are interspersed with the terminations of the alveolar group of periodontal fibers … Medical dictionary
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery … Medical dictionary
