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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
Label
maxilla
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
axiom lost from external ontology
relationship loss: overlaps autopalatine-maxillary joint (TAO:0001942)[TAO], relationship loss: overlaps premaxillary-maxillary joint (TAO:0002260)[TAO]
comment
Fusion of maxilla + premaxilla
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Gray189.png
external comment
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]
external definition
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]
has broad synonym
upper jaw bone
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
maxillary bone, maxillae
has relational adjective
maxillary
id
UBERON:0002397
Term relations
Subclass of:
- bone of upper jaw
- lateral structure
- pneumatized bone
- dermal bone
- intramembranous bone
- in_lateral_side_of some facial skeleton
- contributes to morphology of some jaw skeleton
- part of some dermatocranium
- adjacent_to some premaxilla
- develops from some maxillary process mesenchyme from neural crest