maxilla surrounds a number of bones in the face serving as a central anchor so to speak and it breaking results in damage to those other bones. the femur is less attached to as many bones.
i believe that the maxilla is your jawbone
The two being referenced are probably the maxilla and the mandible. However, if any of your facial bones were not present or were damaged (fractured), you would experience significant troubles with mastication.
There is 43 Maxilla on a Grasshopper.
Mandible (lower jaw) and maxilla (lower jaw)
Do you mean the common 'name'? If yes, the common name for maxilla bone is jawbone.
Mandible and mAxilla
The maxilla is a bone of the face.
The maxilla is a facial bone, not a knee bone.
The maxilla is used to taste and manipulate a grasshopper's food
the upper jaw bone is called the maxilla
A maxilla is the upper part of your skull. This is attached to your mandible, which is the part below your jaw. Your maxilla never moves while your mandible does all the talking and eating and moving.