part of part of continuous with continuous with adjacent to adjacent to Homo sapiens gingiva https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/mouth-female/v1.0/assets/3d-vh-f-mouth.glb https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/mouth-male/v1.0/assets/3d-vh-m-mouth.glb https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Tooth_Section.svg Wikipedia:Gingiva galen:Gingiva SCTID:181224006 The fibrous investing tissue, covered by keratinized epithelium, that immediately surrounds a tooth and is contiguous with its periodontal ligament and with the mucosal tissues of the mouth[Glossary of Periodontal Terms 2001]. VHOG:0001269 gum gingival EMAPA:35945 CALOHA:TS-2074 UBERON:0001828 gums NCIT:C32677 BTO:0000519 MESH:D005881 GAID:1257 gum tissue FMA has a 3-level breakdown of jaws into: region, jaw (skeleton+gums), skeleton. FMA:59762 UMLS:C0017562 EFO:0001925 EV:0100064 MA:0000342 gingival mucosa mouth mucosa alveolar ridge periodontal ligament jaw region