HyperDic: upper_jawbone

English > 1 sense of the expression upper jawbone:
NOUNbodyupper jawbone, upper jaw, maxilla, maxillarythe jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
English > upper jawbone: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium.
Synonymsupper jaw, maxilla, maxillary
Partshard palateThe bony part of the roof of the mouth
intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillarisThe suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone
BroaderjawThe part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
Spanishmandíbula superior, maxilar, maxilar superior
Catalanmandíbula superior, maxil·la, maxil·lar, maxil·lar superior

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