The mandible
the name for the upper jaw is maxilla and the name for the lower jaw is mandible
Upper jaw.
maxilla
The upper jaw on fishes functions the same as the upper jaw in Humans . They just have different teeth. The upper jaw on most animals functions as a platform for the lower jaw to close against .
Upper jaw is a maxilla, and the lower jaw is a mandible.
Temporomandibular joint is the one between upper and lower jaw.
Upper one is maxilla and lower one is mandible
The lower jaw bone is called a Mandible (corpus mandibulae); that is the bone that gives form. The other bone in your jaw is called Maxillary and that is the one that holds your teeth.Upper one is maxilla and lower one is mandible.
Because your upper jaw is part of your skull which is connected to your spine and your lower jaw is connected to your upper jaw by a hinge type joint that allows you to move your lower jaw so that we can eat. So therefore we cannot move our upper jaw because that would require moving our head which would move our lower jaw too.
Maxillary means pertaining to the upper jaw, or maxilla.
The UPPER Jaw bone is called the Maxilla. This bone does not move and is part of the skull. The upper teeth are found in this bone.The LOWER Jaw bone is called the Mandible. This bone does move. The lower teeth are found in this bone.
There are approximately Two Incisors in the upper jaw of a Rabbit