Alveolus (disambiguation)
- Alveolus (disambiguation)
Alveolus (plural alveoli, adjective alveolar) is a general anatomical term for a concave cavity or pit that may refer to several more specific structures:
* In anatomy:
** Pulmonary alveolus, an air sac in the lungs
** Alveolar gland
** Dental alveolus, also known as "tooth socket", a socket in the jaw that holds the roots of teeth. The following anatomical terms refer to this context.
** Alveolar ridge, the jaw structure that contains the dental alveoli
** Alveolar canals
** arteries
*** Superior alveolar artery
**** Anterior superior alveolar artery
**** Posterior superior alveolar artery
*** Inferior alveolar artery
** nerves
*** Anterior superior alveolar nerve
*** Middle superior alveolar nerve
*** Inferior alveolar nerve
* In medicine:
** Alveolar soft part sarcoma
* In linguistics:
** Alveolar consonant, a linguistic vocalization depending upon touching tongue to alveolar ridge. ("Note:" There are 16 subtypes of alveolar consonants linked from the target page and not listed separately here.)
** Alveolar plosive (disambiguation page)
Alveolus is considered by some (but not all) sources to be synonymous with acinus.
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