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Meaning of "maxilla"
Maxilla refers to the upper jaw bone in vertebrates, including humans
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- Synonym of jaw.
- An upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused.
- Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.
- One of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods that are used for tasting and manipulating food.
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Maxilla and zygomatic conform to her photograph.
There is pitting in the mandible and maxilla.
The maxilla bears at least eight teeth.
Rounded eminence of the maxilla supports that.
The maxilla bears at least eleven teeth.
Damage to the upper and lower maxilla.
Part of the maxilla overlaps the premaxilla.
There are at least eight teeth in each maxilla.
The maxilla and nasal aperture.
Twelve or more teeth in dentary and maxilla.
The maxilla looks a little deformed.
It is formed by the sphenoid bone and maxilla.
It defines the maxilla and mandible anteroposterior relation.
There is a swelling of the maxilla and mandible.
The maxilla bears thirteen teeth.
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The mandible sits beneath the maxilla.
The skull roof and maxilla are somewhat pitted.
It articulates with the palatine process of maxilla.
The maxilla bears eighteen teeth.
With the lower maxilla recurved.
The maxilla is also closed completely.
They are connected to the maxilla and the nasals.
The maxilla touches the prefrontal.
Tenebrae call it the sangrias maxilla.
The maxilla had sixteen teeth.
It usually appears in the posterior maxilla or in the mandible.
This maxilla was originally interpreted as belonging to a temnospondyl amphibian.
There are at least fourteen teeth in the maxilla.
Also the maxilla and mandible.
Maxilla in which many pieces are missing.
There is no loss of facial contour or projection of the maxilla.
The maxilla is the central keystone of the face.
The lowest failure rates were found in the maxilla.
The base of the maxilla is dark.
Fourteen or more teeth present in dentary and maxilla.
An accessory sinus in the maxilla apparently filled with venom.
The mandibula is longer than maxilla.
The maxilla is the main bone of the upper jaw.
It usually appears in the anterior maxilla.
Near the back of each maxilla there is a distinct depression.
Lost a significant amount of bone in the posterior maxilla.
The maxilla borders an antorbital fenestra with a shallow depression.
Of the left zygomatic arch and the maxilla.
It shows a short maxilla with a relatively developed coronoid process.
Looks like the bullet entered the maxilla.
The maxilla was wired and the dog sent home.
Cause of death appears to be a fatal blow to the maxilla.
The frontmost three teeth of the maxilla were also preserved.
Articulation of nasal and lacrimal bones with maxilla.
The maxilla is enlarged.
