maxilla

IPA: mæksˈɪɫʌ

(anatomy, zootomy) Synonym of jaw.
An upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused.
(anatomy) Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.
(zootomy) One of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods that are used for tasting and manipulating food.

Examples of "maxilla" in Sentences

Hood: of the maxilla is the galena; q.v.: in Tingitidae the elevated portion of the prothorax, often covering the head.
Opposite the second molar tooth of the maxilla is a papilla, on the summit of which is the aperture of the parotid duct.
Bienvenu said Lowery's injuries included a fractured bone in his upper jaw, called the maxilla, along with fractured teeth and a concussion.
Researchers hypothesized that epidermal outgrowths on the upper maxilla of these male fish aka fish-staches may be a sexually selected characteristic.
I'm going to say the small skull behind it is a raccoon skull minus the mandible, but its hard to tell from this angle as the maxilla is shortened due to the angle.
The TMJ is the joint between the upper jaw (called the maxilla) and the lower one (mandible) that purposely dislocates itself with every bite to increase your chewing force.
About 1 cm. in front of the hamulus and 1 cm. medial to the last molar tooth of the maxilla is the greater palatine foramen through which the descending palatine vessels and the anterior palatine nerve emerge.