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maxilla

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The bone which normally forms the lateral upper jaw in osteichthyans, including tetrapods. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxilla http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/glossary/glossaryM.html ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • EHDAA:8043
  • UMLS:C0024947 (ncithesaurus:Maxilla)
  • TAO:0000270
  • CALOHA:TS-2217
  • GAID:220
  • SCTID:181813003
  • EHDAA2:0001068
  • ZFA:0000270
  • NCIT:C26470
  • AAO:0000285
  • FMA:9711
  • EMAPA:17639
  • VSAO:0000207
  • VHOG:0001021
  • MA:0001491
  • galen:Maxilla
  • MESH:D008437
  • Wikipedia:Maxilla
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
maxillae

UBPROP 0000001

Paired, intramembranous bone located on the lateral sides of the skull, posterior to the premaxillae.[AAO], Dermal bone that forms part of the upper jaw, located antero-ventral to the premaxilla. The maxilla is a paired bone.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000002

relationship loss: overlaps autopalatine-maxillary joint (TAO:0001942)[TAO], relationship loss: overlaps premaxillary-maxillary joint (TAO:0002260)[TAO]

UBPROP 0000005

In some teleosts, the maxilla is located postero-ventral to the supramaxilla. Commonly, the articular process of the maxilla articulates with the autopalatine and ethmoidal region antero-medially. The maxilla is usually the largest bone in the upper jaw assemblage.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000007

maxillary

comment

Fusion of maxilla + premaxilla

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Gray189.png

has related synonym

maxillary bone, maxillae

has broad synonym

upper jaw bone

id

UBERON:0002397

prefLabel

Maxilla