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MAXILLA - ANATOMICAL FEATURES

  • body = corpus maxilla
  • anterior surface = facial surface
  • eminences for roots of teeth
  • incisive fossa
  • canine eminence
  • canine fossa
  • infraorbital foramen
  • margin of orbit
  • nasal notch
  • infratemporal surface = posterior surface
  • zygomatic process
  • ridge from socket of first molar tooth = ridge descending from zygomatic process
  • alveolar canals
  • maxillary tuberosity
  • anterior boundary of pterygopalatine fossa
  • groove for maxillary nerve
  • orbital surface = superior surface
  • lacrimal notch
  • anterior margin of inferior orbital fissure
  • frontal process
  • zygomatic process
  • infraorbital groove
  • infraorbital canal
  • canal for middle alveolar nerve to premolar teeth
  • canal for anterior superior alveolar vessels and nerve to front teeth
  • depression
  • nasal surface = medial surface
  • opening for maxillary sinus
  • broken air cells
  • groove for pterygopalatine canal
  • lacrimal groove
  • inferior meatus of nose
  • conchal crest
  • middle meatus of nose
  • contents = maxillary sinus = antrum of Highmore = sinus maxillaries
  • alveolar recess
  • zygomatic recess
  • infraorbital
  • posterior wall
  • alveolar canals
  • anterior wall = floor
  • conical processes for roots of first and second molar teeth
  • ridge for infraorbital canal
  • nasal wall = base
  • opening to semilunar hiatus of nasal cavity
  • zygomatic process = processus zygomaticus = malar process
  • frontal process = processus frontalis = nasal process
  • lateral surface
  • medial surface
  • ethmoidal crest = upper limit of atrium of middle meatus
  • agger nasi
  • upper border
  • anterior border
  • posterior border
  • groove for lacrimal fossa
  • anterior lacrimal crest
  • lacrimal tubercle
  • alveolar process = processus alveolaris
  • alveolar sockets
  • alveoli for incisors
  • alveolus for canine tooth
  • alveoli for premolars
  • alveoli for molars
  • interalveolar septa
  • alveolar border
  • palatine process = processus palatinus = palatal process
  • inferior surface
  • foramina for nutrient vessels
  • groove/canal for descending palatine vessels and anterior palatine nerve from spheno-palatine ganglion
  • depressions for palatine glands
  • incisive foramen
  • incisive canals = foramina 0f Stenson
  • foramina of Scarpa
  • suture (in young skulls)
  • premaxilla = os incisivum
  • upper surface
  • incisive canal
  • lateral border
  • medial border
  • nasal crest
  • incisor crest
  • sharp process for anterior nasal spine
  • posterior border
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