alveolar process of maxilla

Preferred Label : alveolar process of maxilla;

Uberon definition : The thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets on the maxilla.;

Uberon synonym : pars dentalis of maxilla; posterior alveolar ridge; lower alveolar ridge; alveolar margin of maxilla; alveolar ridge of maxilla; alveolar part of maxilla; processus alveolaris (maxilla); maxilla alveolar process;

Uberon Taxon note : In humans, the tooth-bearing bones are the maxilla and the mandible. The mineral content of alveolar bone is mostly hydroxyapatite, which is also found in enamel as the main inorganic substance;

Details

Origin ID

0004527;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Alveolar part of maxilla [FMA entity]
- Entire alveolar process of maxilla (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire lower alveolar ridge (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Lower Alveolar Ridge [NCIt concept]
- Structure of alveolar process of maxilla (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Upper alveolar ridge structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- alveolar part of maxilla [Radlex concept]
- alveolar process of maxilla [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Alveolar part of maxilla [FMA entity]
- Entire lower alveolar ridge (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
has part
- anterior process of pars palatina of maxilla [UBERON concept]
- crista dentalis of maxilla [UBERON concept]
part of
- maxilla [UBERON concept]

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