A tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways.
A bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth.
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Examples for "tooth socket "
Examples for "tooth socket "
1 I inserted my probe into one of the empty tooth sockets .
2 Or we could compare alveolar configurations. I referred to the shape of the tooth sockets .
3 The study evaluates radiographically the long-term changes that occur during the healing of tooth sockets in a desalivated rat model.
1 Two patients developed distant metastases and one patient developed a second primary in the lower alveolus .
2 The monolayer surface tension is continuously regulated by the alveolus compression and expansion and protects the alveoli from collapsing.
3 Pertaining to an alveolus .
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