gum ridge

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Noun

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gum ridge - a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teethalveolar process, alveolar ridgetooth socket, alveolus - a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a toothalveolar artery, arteria alveolaris - a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar processappendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"jaw - the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth