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Maxilla

maxilla

The upper jaw bone, takes part in the formation of the orbit, hard palate and nasal cavity.


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I will tell you about how these spitting cobras spit venom. The palato-maxillary arch (comprising the pterygoid, palatine, ectopterygoid and maxilla) articulates with the skull at the prefrontal (black rectangle). Immediately adjacent to the palato-maxillary ...

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by David George
Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:45 am
 
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