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The maxilla (and hard palate) forms the upper part of your mouth and contains your upper teeth. The mandible, or jaw, forms the lower part of your mouth and contains your lower teeth.

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The maxilla bones are the upper parts the mandibles are the lower ones Of what?

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Intramembranous bones are always flat bones. Parts of the skull, mandible and the maxilla are all considered to be intramembranous bones.


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What is the mandibles?

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What are the four parts of the human mouth?

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How do you spell the human jaw?

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