maxillary

Speech parts

1. maxillary - Noun

2. maxillary - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only.

The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.

Of or pertaining to a maxilla.

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Anatomically, the pikes are characterized by the presence of shark-like, maxillary teeth, a mesocoracoid, and the absence of an adipose fin, breeding tubercules, and pyloric cecae. Source: Internet

Because the maxillary posterior teeth are close to the maxillary sinus, this can also cause clinical problems if any disease processes are present, such as an infection in any of these teeth. Source: Internet

Causes Maxillary sinusitis may also be of dental origin ("odontogenic sinusitis"), citation and constitutes a significant percentage (about 20% of all cases of maxillary sinusitis), citation given the close proximity of the teeth and the sinus floor. Source: Internet

Edema and mucosal thickening appears in both maxillary sinuses. Source: Internet

Like with Tyrannosaurus, the maxillary (cheek) teeth of Albertosaurus were adapted in general form to resist lateral forces exerted by a struggling prey. Source: Internet

Female yucca moths enter the host flowers, collect the pollen into a ball using specialized maxillary palps, then move to the apex of the pistil, where pollen is deposited on the stigma, and lay eggs into the base of the pistil where seeds will develop. Source: Internet

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