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The noun maxilla refers to the upper jaw (upper jawbone, attached to the skull).
The adjective is maxillary.
The lower jaw, the mandible, has the adjective form mandibular or mandibulary.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoMaxillary is the adjective form of maxilla. Maxillary means related to the upper jaw bone.
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What are the landmarks of the maxilla?
i believe that the maxilla is your jawbone
How many maxilla is on a a grasshopper?
There is 43 Maxilla on a Grasshopper.
Contain aveoli bearing teeth?
Mandible (lower jaw) and maxilla (lower jaw)
What is the common for maxilla bone?
Do you mean the common 'name'? If yes, the common name for maxilla bone is jawbone.
What bone contains sockets of upper teeth?
Mandible and mAxilla
Was the maxilla bone bone located at the knee?
The maxilla is a bone of the face.
Where is the maxilla bone in the knee?
The maxilla is a facial bone, not a knee bone.
What is the function of a grasshopper's maxilla?
The maxilla is used to taste and manipulate a grasshopper's food
What are the bones that form the upper jawbone?
the upper jaw bone is called the maxilla
Why do we have a 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.
What bones form the hard palate?
It is formed by the palatine process of the maxilla and horizontal plate of palatine bone.
Which bone in the body cannot be elevated or depressed ribs clavicle maxilla mandible hyoid?
Maxilla
