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Definition of Gum ridge
1. Noun. A ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth.
Terms within: Alveolus, Tooth Socket, Alveolar Artery, Arteria Alveolaris
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process
Group relationships: Jaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gum Ridge
Literary usage of Gum ridge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Second Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Middle and Southern by Richard Owen (1860)
"By some of the settlers it is considered more productive than the "gum ridge
land" of Bayou Bartholomew. The land known as the "buckshot land" in this ..."
2. Secrets in Stone: Yokes, Hachas and Palmas from Southern Mesoamerica by Edwin M. Shook, Elayne Marquis (1996)
"Human skull with perforated eye , open mouth with gum ridge, and carved jaw
articulation. SP. MBT. H. 21.5 cm.; W. 15cm. ..."
3. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir (1921)
"... tip with the gum ridge above the teeth; moreover, it differs from the t of
teem also in the absence of a marked "breath release" before the following ..."
4. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1892)
"... the tubes in place, but only including the front of the teeth and the gum
under the lip, and only on a line of the gum ridge and parallel with the horns ..."
5. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir (1921)
"... tip with the gum ridge above the teeth; moreover, it differs from the t of
teem also in the absence of a marked "breath release" before the following ..."
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