alumstone (alumston)

The sub sulphate of alumina and potash; a mineral of a grayish 163 alveary (al'vē-ā-ri), n.; pl. alvearies (-riz). [ parts alveolar proce , or fragments of roots the alveolar ridge. Alveolar index. See craniometry. olar nerves, the dental branches of the maxillary nerves. -Alveolar membrane, the dental periosteum. - Alve- Alveolar pa ages, the pa ages into which the respiratory bronchial tubes enlarge. They are thickly set with air-cells (alveoli), and give off and terminate in the inedge of the upper jaw between the middle incisors. -Alvefundibula or air-sacs. - Alveolar point, the point at the olar proce es, the proce es of the maxillary bones containing the sockets of the teeth. - Alveolar sarcoma, a sarcoma (cancer) in which the cells approach in charac ter epithelial cells, and are gathered in groups separated by connective ti ue. - Alveolar vein, a vein accompany ing an alveolar artery.