The Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine

ALVEOLUS

Alveolus are the bone cavities in the mandible or maxilla in which the teeth are anchored. The teeth are anchored in these sockets by the root canals, or cones, of the teeth. The nourishing blood vessels and nerves pass from the tooth socket into the tooth by way of the apical foramina in the bottom of each root cone.
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