Alveolus (disambiguation)
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Alveolus is a general anatomical term that can be used as a synonym for several more specific structures:
- Pulmonary alveolus, an air sac in the lungs
- Dental alveolus, also known as "tooth socket", a socket in the jaw which hold the roots of teeth
Alveolar, the adjective form of "alveolus", can be used in several contexts:
- Alveolar ridge, the jaw structure that contains the dental alveoli
- Alveolar consonant, a linguistic vocalization depending upon touching tongue to alveolar ridge
- there are 16 subtypes of alveolar consonants linked from the target page and not listed separately here
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