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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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