Anatomy
maxilla Audio
max·il·la [ mak-sil-uh ]
Subclass of:
Jaw
Etymology:
Latin maxilla = jaw bone
Definitions related to maxilla:
  • One of a pair of irregularly shaped bones that form the upper jaw. A maxillary bone provides tooth sockets for the superior teeth, forms part of the ORBIT, and contains the MAXILLARY SINUS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Pneumatized bone, each instance of which is a bone of some upper jaw.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • The upper jaw bone holding the upper teeth.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The upper jawbone in vertebrates; it is fused to the cranium.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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