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

  • Barone R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 1, Ostéologie, 5th edition, Vigot, Paris, 2017.

  • Constantinescu GM, Schaller O. Illustrated veterinary anatomical nomenclature, 3rd Edition, Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012.

  • König HE, Lieibich HG. Veterinary Anatomy of Domestic mammals, 6th edition, Schattauer, Stuttgart, 2014.

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