maxilla

• Pathology can be subtle, such as a deformed maxilla (upper jaw) or mandible (lower jaw). —  TheHorse.com News
• These crowns are visible on the surface (A) where thin bone of the maxilla is pressed over more rigid underlying crowns, and as denser masses in the CT scan (B). —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
• Furthermore, like other birds, both its maxilla (upper jaw) and mandible (lower jaw) moved. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• Then the knife is to be pushed through the integument to the nasal process of the maxilla, the cartilage of the ala is detached from the bone, and lip cut through in the mesial line; the flap thus formed is to be dissected up and the bones divided. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• The superior side of this cervical square is drawn by the horizontal ramus of the lower maxilla, and the inferior side by the horizontal line of the clavicle. —  Surgical Anatomy

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