Hood: of the maxilla is the galena; q.v.: in Tingitidae the elevated portion of the prothorax, often covering the head. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Maxillary: attached or belonging to the maxilla; e.g. palpi. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Your long crus of incus chillax maxilla, buoyant in vignette. From Wordnik.com. [derek beaulieu on blert] Reference
Maxillary palpi: the first pair of palpi, borne on the maxilla. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The tattooed lady's maxilla showed she had lost all of her upper teeth!. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Nubian Cemetery Week 5, Part 2] Reference
Agelarakis uses a probe to indicate tooth sockets on a maxilla fragment. From Wordnik.com. [Fallen Heroes: The Bones] Reference
Finger: of maxilla, is the digitus, q.v. First clypeus: see post clypeus. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
I passed him the chunk of maxilla that had produced the mushroom-duck thing. From Wordnik.com. [Spider Bones] Reference
Regaining his position above the maxilla, he thought of a very different jawbone. From Wordnik.com. [Maid in Waiting] Reference
Strings of long white and silver beads dangled fringelike from both sides of his maxilla. From Wordnik.com. [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference
He staggered backward, dazed by the transmission of energy from the maxilla into the skull. From Wordnik.com. [THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK] Reference
In one fluid motion, her maxilla gathered in the severed head and guided it into her labium. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2009 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
It is located in the maxilla in the midline hence the special name which means "middle tooth". From Wordnik.com. [Mesiodens, or Extra Tooth] Reference
Metriorhynchids generally have 25-40 teeth in the maxilla, but D. andiniensis has just 10 or 11. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
It undoubtedly contributed to the nasty abscess visible on the left side of the maxilla (upper jaw). From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Nubian Cemetery Week 3] Reference
Coadapted: formed so as to work together to one end; as the mandible and maxilla in Chrysopids, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Odona: toothed: applied to Odonata by Fabricius because of the long teeth on the maxilla and labium. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
I was shocked that the maxilla, the bone that had once contained the upper teeth, was completely gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Riverman] Reference
Outer lobe: of maxilla = galea; q.v. Outer margin: the outer edge of wing, between apex and hind angle. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The eyelids were closed, the pupils contracted, and the inferior maxilla firmly set against the superior. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: this is the maxilla or top of the jaw and this is the mandible, the bottom of the jaw. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2006] Reference
A few cranial elements are preserved, including parts of a parietal, squamosal, maxilla, and two dentaries. From Wordnik.com. [Finally.....] Reference
Cardo, pl. Cardines: the hinge or basal sclerite of the maxilla by means of which it is jointed to the head. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The cranium (the maxilla and mandible are both missing) may date to between 100,000 to 1.5 million years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Case of the Curious Cranium] Reference
Plate 6, and the facial artery, G, Plate 5, are those vessels which bleed when the lower maxilla is amputated. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
She has a diagnosis of ossifying fibroma of the maxilla and mandible, which requires surgery as soon as possible. From Wordnik.com. [GCNW Betty Makoni refuses to be bribed amid false looting allegations] Reference
One of the most telling of the specimens is a partial maxilla that still houses its slightly recurved canine tusk. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Lacinia exteriores and interiores: in Apidae, the palpiger and paraglossa often used for the gales and lacinia of maxilla. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The incision should be over the caudal part of the abscess and parallel to the lower border of the maxilla (see Figure 9). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
The shape of the maxilla also shows that M. kalpokasi was a short-skulled species, as were probably all Mekosuchus species. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
Gales: the outer lobe of the maxilla, usually two-jointed, often hood-like, subject to great modifications in Hymenoptera and. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
I was returning my attention to the maxilla when something caught my attention, more a glint of light than a visual impression. From Wordnik.com. [Spider Bones] Reference
Mala maxillae: the globes of maxilla; outer or galea, inner or lacinia; where only one is present, the term refers to that one. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
In the absence of teeth or horn-covered maxilla, Pilwondepat's four opposing mandibles worked against one another to masticate his food. From Wordnik.com. [Diuturnity's Dawn]
LeFort I - Maxillary fracture with "free-floating" maxilla. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Complete absence of the inferior maxilla is much rarer in man than in animals. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Bloch cites a case in which there were two rows of teeth in the superior maxilla. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
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