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premaxilla articular process

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Pharyngeal arch bone immediately posterior to the ascending process, the medial surface of which articulates with the anterior end of the maxillary.

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premaxilla articular process

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  • articular process of the premaxilla
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The change from a premaxilla in which the ascending and articular processes are separate to one in which they are firmly united has occurred many times in higher teleosts. - Gosline, 1987 (Jaw Structures and Movements in Higher Teleostean Fishes)