Alveolar process of maxilla
| Bone: Alveolar process |
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| Left maxilla. Outer surface. (Alveolar process visible at bottom.) |
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| Cartilages of the nose, seen from below. (Alveolar process of maxilla visible at bottom. |
| Latin |
processus alveolaris maxillae |
| Gray's |
subject #38 161 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier |
p_34/12667282 |
The alveolar process 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 a 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.
See also
References
- Cate, A.R. Ten. Oral Histology: development, structure, and function. 5th ed. 1998. ISBN 0-8151-2952-1.
- 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
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Bones of head and neck: the face |
| maxilla |
Body of maxilla - Maxillary sinus - surfaces of body Anterior (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa, Infraorbital foramen, Anterior nasal spine) - Infratemporal (Alveolar canals, Maxillary tuberosity) - Orbital (Infraorbital groove, Infraorbital canal) - Nasal (Pterygopalatine canal)
processes Zygomatic process - Frontal process (Agger nasi, Anterior lacrimal crest) - Alveolar process - Palatine process (Incisive foramen, Incisive canals, Foramina of Scarpa, Premaxilla, Anterior nasal spine) |
| lacrimal |
Posterior lacrimal crest - Lacrimal groove |
| zygomatic |
Orbital process - foramina (Zygomaticofacial, Zygomaticotemporal, Zygomaticoörbital) |
| palatine |
Pterygopalatine fossa - Pterygoid fossa
Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) - Perpendicular plate (Pterygopalatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen, Pyramidal process)
processes (Orbital - Sphenoidal) |
| mandible |
body (Symphysis menti, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen, Mental spine, Mylohyoid line)
ramus (Mandibular foramen, Mylohyoid groove, Mandibular canal, Angle, Coronoid process, Condyloid process, Mandibular notch) |
| others |
nasal bone - inferior nasal conchae (ethmoidal process, maxillary process) - vomer |
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