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Its the upper jaw part of your skull, so yes as the skull is divided into sections it is a bone in your body.

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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 part of the skull forms most of hard palate?

maxilla


What is the sinuses in the maxilla?

maxilla is the bone in the skull formed by the fusion of two bones called maxillae, when this maxilla articulates with the other bones in the skull , a space is created called the maxillary sinus , these are two in number one on each side left and right. there are other sinuses present in skull also like ethmoid sinus, sphenoid sinus, etc.


Is maxilla part of the appendicula skeleton?

No. The maxilla is part of the skull. The appendages are the arms and legs (radius, ulna, humerus, wrist and hand bones; femur, tibia, fibula, ankle and foot bones).


What bones contribute to the orbit of the skull?

Seven skull bones form the orbit: frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, lacrimal, maxilla, palatine, and zygomatic.


What are the main bones in the skull?

frontal, temporal,parietal,occipital,maxilla,zygomatic,sphenoid,ethmoid bones


What bone contains sockets of upper teeth?

The maxilla bone contains the sockets of the upper teeth in the human skull. It forms the upper jaw and plays a vital role in supporting and securing the roots of the upper teeth within the oral cavity.


What is an adjective for maxilla?

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.


How maxilla attach to cranium?

Either of a pair of bones of the human skull fusing in the midline and forming the upper jaw.


What does the prefix maxilla mean?

Upper Jaw


What are the bones that form the upper jawbone?

The upper jawbone is formed by the maxilla bones, which are two large bones located in the upper part of the face. These bones contribute to the structure of the face and provide support for the teeth in the upper jaw.


What is formed via intramembranous ossification?

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