alveolus

• The periodontal ligament, shape of the tooth, and corresponding shape of the alveolus —  TheHorse.com News
• "These balls are figuring alveolus [the tiny air sacks that comprise the lungs] and my final sculpture is going to symbolize a hive." —  The Daily Star > News Feed
• When the foreign body has been centered in the bronchoscopic field and placed in a position favorable for grasping, it is important that this position be maintained by anchoring the tube to the upper teeth with the left, third, and fourth fingers hooked over the patient's upper alveolus (Fig. —  Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
• (II) Figure 3 Plate 47 In both the above specimens the permanent false molar is concealed in its alveolus, and was discovered by removing part of the substance of the jaw, indicating the nonage of the individuals A portion of cranium with the molar series of teeth of both sides. —  Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2
• A portion of the upper jaw and palate with the deciduous false molar and four true molars in place on each side; the fifth or posterior molar is concealed in the alveolus, as also the crown of the permanent false molar Hypsiprymnus VI.a.) —  Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2

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