Maxillary vs. Maxilla

Maxillaryadjective

Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone.

Maxillarynoun

The jawbone.

Maxillaryadjective

of or relating to the upper jaw

Maxillaryadjective

of or attached to a jaw or jawbone, especially the upper jaw

Maxillaryadjective

relating to the maxillae of an arthropod

Maxillanoun

Either of the two bones that together form the upper jaw.

Maxillanoun

Arachnid mouthpart

Maxillanoun

The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.

Maxillanoun

One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.

Maxillanoun

the upper jawbone in vertebrates; it is fused to the cranium

Maxillanoun

the jaw or jawbone, specifically the upper jaw in most vertebrates. In humans it also forms part of the nose and eye socket.

Maxillanoun

(in many arthropods) each of a pair of mouthparts used in chewing.

Maxilla

The maxilla (plural: maxillae ) in vertebrates is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones. In humans, the upper jaw includes the hard palate in the front of the mouth.