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Bone that holds teeth?
The maxillae (right and left maxilla bones) have sockets called alveolar processes in which the root of the teeth are inserted.
What are tooth sockets lined with?
The alveolar process (alveolar bone) is the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets (dental alveoli) on bones that hold teeth. In humans, the tooth-bearing bones are the maxillae and the mandible.[3]
What forms the bone that supports the maxillary and mandibular teeth?
mandible vomer maxilla and zygomatic are all bones of the
What is the name for the sockets of the teeth?
alveolar process
What is an alveolar bone?
An alveolar ridge is a ridge which forms the borders of the maxilla and mandible, and contains the alveoli of the teeth.
Hard palate?
The hard palate is a thin horizontal bonyplate made up of two bones of the facial skeleton, located in the roof of the mouth. The bones are the palatine process of the maxilla and the horizontal plate of palatine bone. The hard palate spans the alveolar arch formed by the alveolar process that holds the upper teeth (when these are developed).
The is the pink tissue that surrounds the teeth and covers the alveolar?
Gums are the pink tissue that surround the teeth and covers the alveolar. The function of the gums is to protect the teeth and support the mouth's structure.
Alveolar processes are found in what bones?
Mandible and maxailla
What is the function maxillae?
Manipulating food and drawing water currents over gills
What is the alveolar bone?
The part of the jaws where the teeth arise
What two bones have an alveolar process?
Maxillary bone and mandible
What is the part of the skeleton that holds the teeth?
maxilla/ alveolar process
