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Descriptor English: Maxilla
Descriptor Spanish: Maxilar
Descriptor maxilar
Entry term(s) maxila
maxilar superior
Scope note: Hueso par de forma irregular que constituye la mandíbula superior. Proporciona huecos dentales donde se alojan los dientes superiores, forma parte de la ÓRBITA y contiene el SENO MAXILAR.
Descriptor Portuguese: Maxila
Descriptor French: Maxillaire
Entry term(s): Bone, Maxillary
Bones, Maxillary
Maxillae
Maxillary Bone
Maxillary Bones
Maxillas
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.324.502.645
A14.521.645
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008437
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: 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; /innerv: consider also MAXILLARY NERVE
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Maxillofacial Development MeSH
DeCS ID: 8605
Unique ID: D008437
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Maxilla - Preferred
Concept UI M0013130
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Maxilla
Entry term(s) Bone, Maxillary
Bones, Maxillary
Maxillae
Maxillary Bone
Maxillary Bones
Maxillas



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