ARTERIA ALVEOLARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria alveolaris mean? 

• ARTERIA ALVEOLARIS (noun)
  The noun ARTERIA ALVEOLARIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ARTERIA ALVEOLARIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA ALVEOLARIS (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 ("arteria alveolaris" 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 "arteria alveolaris"):

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 ("arteria alveolaris" 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)