ALVEOLAR ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alveolar artery mean? 

• ALVEOLAR ARTERY (noun)
  The noun ALVEOLAR ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar process

  Familiarity information: ALVEOLAR ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALVEOLAR ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

alveolar artery; arteria alveolaris

Hypernyms ("alveolar artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alveolar artery"):

arteria alveolaris inferior; inferior alveolar artery (the alveolar artery that goes through the mandibular canal to supply the lower teeth)

arteria alveolaris superior; superior alveolar artery (the alveolar artery that supplies the upper teeth)

Holonyms ("alveolar artery" is a part of...):

alveolar process; alveolar ridge; gum ridge (a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth)

 Context examples 

The terminal branch of the inferior alveolar artery that supplies the chin.

(Mental Artery, NCI Thesaurus)