Alveolar border

Margo alveolaris

Definition

Andréa Lopes da Costa

The alveolar border of the mandible presents the alveoli of the lower premolar and molar teeth.

It corresponds to the second part, the caudal one, of the dorsal border of the mandible, the first being the interalveolar border.

References

Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 1 Ostéologie, Robert Barone

Illustrated Veterinary Anatomical Nomenclature, Constantinescu and Schaller

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