Term Name: alveolar ridge
Synonyms: alveolar body, alveolar bone, alveolar margin, alveolar process, margo alveolaris
Definition: one of the two jaw ridges either on the roof of the mouth between the upper teeth and the hard palate or on the bottom of the mouth behind the lower teeth[WP]. The alveolar ridges contain the sockets (alveoli) of the teeth[HP].
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0004103]

Relationships
is part of: jaw skeleton
has parts: tooth socket
is a type of: neural crest-derived structure zone of bone organ
has subtype: alveolar process of maxilla alveolar ridge of mandible alveolar ridge of premaxilla