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Definition of Premaxilla
1. n. A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.
Definition of Premaxilla
1. Noun. (anatomy) Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw ¹
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Definition of Premaxilla
1. [n -LAE or -LAS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Premaxilla
Literary usage of Premaxilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia: Being the Substance of the by William Henry Flower (1876)
"... PI palatine ; MX maxilla ; PMx premaxilla ; Vo vomer ; ff glenoid fossa of
squamosal ; tg deep groove on squamosal for meatus auditorium externus, ..."
2. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"The beak consists of the anterior portion of the upper and lower mandibles which
are covered with a horny structure. The premaxilla. Location. ..."
3. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"The premaxilla. Location.—The premaxillae, or ossa incisiva, or mandibular
structures, are located in the extreme anterior facial region. ..."
4. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1906)
"The gape is bounded above by both maxilla aud premaxilla, and the premaxilla is
exceptionally long. In a roughly prepared skull the maxilla appears to ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish academy (1883)
"As regards the degree of extension of the premaxilla on the upper surface of the
skull, ... 7), in which there is about the smallest extent of premaxilla, ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"The premaxilla presents many features of interest because of its relations ...
The distance from the alveolar margin of the premaxilla to the nasal in the ..."
7. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1892)
"Either the premaxilla is entirely absent, or the two globular processes of His,
which ordinarily fuse to form the premaxilla, have partially failed to do so ..."
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