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Descriptor English: Alveolar Process
Descriptor Spanish: Proceso Alveolar
Descriptor procesos alveolares
Entry term(s) apófisis alveolares
cresta alveolar
Scope note: Porción más gruesa y esponjosa del maxilar y la mandíbula que contiene profundas excavaciones donde se albergan las piezas dentarias.
Descriptor Portuguese: Processo Alveolar
Descriptor French: Processus alvéolaire
Entry term(s): Alveolar Processes
Alveolar Ridge
Process, Alveolar
Processes, Alveolar
Ridge, Alveolar
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.324.502.125
A14.521.125
A14.549.167.646.094
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000539
Scope note: The thickest and spongiest part of the maxilla and mandible hollowed out into deep cavities for the teeth.
Annotation: dis: coord with JAW DISEASES or specific precoord jaw dis (IM); for /surg, prefer ALVEOLECTOMY or ALVEOLOPLASTY
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Related: Alveolectomy MeSH
Alveoloplasty MeSH
Dental Arch MeSH
DeCS ID: 540
Unique ID: D000539
NLM Classification: WU 240
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Alveolar Process - Preferred
Concept UI M0000834
Scope note The thickest and spongiest part of the maxilla and mandible hollowed out into deep cavities for the teeth.
Preferred term Alveolar Process
Entry term(s) Alveolar Processes
Process, Alveolar
Processes, Alveolar
Alveolar Ridge - Narrower
Concept UI M0000835
Preferred term Alveolar Ridge
Entry term(s) Ridge, Alveolar



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