Bone: Body of maxilla
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Left maxilla. Outer surface.
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Left maxilla. Nasal surface.
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Latin
| corpus maxillae
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Gray's
| subject #38 158
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Dorlands/Elsevier
| c_56/12260607
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The body of the maxilla is somewhat pyramidal in shape, and contains a large cavity, the maxillary sinus (antrum of Highmore).
Additional recommended knowledge
Surfaces
It has four surfaces - an anterior, a posterior or infratemporal, a superior or orbital, and a medial or nasal.
- Anterior surface of the body of the maxilla
- Posterior or infratemporal surface of the body of the maxilla
- Superior or orbital surface of the body of the maxilla
- Medial or nasal surface of the body of the maxilla
Bones of head and neck: the face |
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maxilla | Body of maxilla - Maxillary sinus - surfaces of body Anterior (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa, Infraorbital foramen, Anterior nasal spine) - Infratemporal (Alveolar canals, Maxillary tuberosity) - Orbital (Infraorbital groove, Infraorbital canal) - Nasal (Pterygopalatine canal)
processes Zygomatic process - Frontal process (Agger nasi, Anterior lacrimal crest) - Alveolar process - Palatine process (Incisive foramen, Incisive canals, Foramina of Scarpa, Premaxilla, Anterior nasal spine) |
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lacrimal | Posterior lacrimal crest - Lacrimal groove |
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zygomatic | Orbital process - foramina (Zygomaticofacial, Zygomaticotemporal, Zygomaticoörbital) |
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palatine | Pterygopalatine fossa - Pterygoid fossa Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) - Perpendicular plate (Pterygopalatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen, Pyramidal process) processes (Orbital - Sphenoidal) |
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mandible | body (Symphysis menti, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen, Mental spine, Mylohyoid line) ramus (Mandibular foramen, Mylohyoid groove, Mandibular canal, Angle, Coronoid process, Condyloid process, Mandibular notch) |
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others | nasal bone - inferior nasal conchae (ethmoidal process, maxillary process) - vomer |
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