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Maxilla

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Definition: One of a pair of irregularly shaped bones that form the upper jaw. A maxillary bone provides tooth sockets for the superior teeth, forms part of the ORBIT, and contains the MAXILLARY SINUS.  the upper jaw bone (jawbone) only; check text for loose use of "maxillary" to mean "jaw", not precisely MAXILLA; /blood supply: consider also MAXILLARY ARTERY; /growth: consider also MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; /inj: consider also MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES;    
See Also Maxillofacial Development 		Other names Maxillas; Maxillary Bones; Bones, Maxillary; Bone, Maxillary; Maxillary Bone; Maxillae
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Teeth noneruption of with maxillary hypoplasia and genu valgum  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Tooth Abnormalities *Genu Valgum Maxilla/abnormalities Zygoma/abnormalities.
Schmitt Gillenwater Kelly syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Hypospadias Maxilla/abnormalities Thumb/abnormalities. Am J Med Genet. 1982;13(1):63-9
Radial hypoplasia, triphalangeal thumbs and hypospadias  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Diastema *Hypospadias Maxilla/abnormalities Radius/abnormalities Thumb/abnormalities.
Maxillonasal dysplasia, Binder type  0   *Maxillofacial Abnormalities Maxilla/abnormalities Nose/abnormalities.

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