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maxillae


max·il·la

M0161500 (măk-sĭl′ə)n. pl. max·il·lae (măk-sĭl′ē) or max·il·las 1. Anatomy Either of a pair of bones of the human skull fusing in the midline and forming the upper jaw.2. A homologous bone of the skull in other vertebrates.3. Either of two laterally moving appendages situated behind the mandibles in insects and most other arthropods.
[Latin, jawbone.]

maxillae

Two bones forming the upper jaw.

Maxillae


Maxillae

 

in myriopods and insects, the second pair of jaws; in crustaceans, the second and third pairs.

In the chewing insects, the maxillae are used to tear apart and puncture the prey or grind the food; in the sucking insects (for example, butterflies), they form the tongue. In myriopods and insects, the maxillae are modified extremities of the fifth head segment, and in crustaceans, of the fifth and sixth head segments.

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maxillae

Plural of maxilla.
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