Premaxilla meaning

prē'măk-sĭl'ə
Either of two bones located in front of and between the maxillary bones in the upper jaw of vertebrates.
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Either of two bones in the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated between and in front of the maxillae, and fusing with them in the adult human being.
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Either of two bones located in front of and between the maxillary bones in the upper jaw of vertebrates.
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(anatomy) Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw.
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Premaxilla Sentence Examples

  • 2) where the anterior margin of the nasal is concave, and schizorhinal where this posterior border of the outer nares is continued backwards into a slit which extends beyond the frontal processes of the premaxilla.

  • The premaxilla is always unpaired, but each half has three long processes directed backwards; one fuses with the maxillary bone, another helps to form the anterior part of the palate, while the third, together with its fellow, forms the " culmen " and extends backwards to the frontals, or rather to the ethmoid which there crops up on the surface.

  • px, Premaxilla.

  • of px, Premaxilla.

  • oc. ' 'r.bs px, Premaxilla.

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