maxilla

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The Maori and Moriori skeletal remains, including skulls without mandibles, craniums, loose mandibles and maxilla fragments, were largely collected by Austrian taxidermist and grave robber Andreas Reischek from 1877 to 1889.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2022

The skeletal remains, which include skulls without mandibles, craniums, loose mandibles and maxilla fragments, were handed over in an official ceremony in Vienna on Tuesday, where there was a panel and presentation.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2022

They laughed at John’s obsession with the tongue and the maxilla.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

The maxilla forms the upper jaw and the mandible forms the lower jaw.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The zygomatic arch is incomplete, the rod-like jugal only articulating with the maxilla in front, and not reaching the short zygomatic process of the squamosal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various