bone element maxilla http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Gray189.png Fusion of maxilla + premaxilla EHDAA:8043 TAO:0000270 Dermal bone that forms part of the upper jaw, located antero-ventral to the premaxilla. The maxilla is a paired bone.[TAO] relationship loss: overlaps autopalatine-maxillary joint (TAO:0001942)[TAO] EMAPA:17639 Paired, intramembranous bone located on the lateral sides of the skull, posterior to the premaxillae.[AAO] GAID:220 The bone which normally forms the lateral upper jaw in osteichthyans, including tetrapods. relationship loss: overlaps premaxillary-maxillary joint (TAO:0002260)[TAO] FMA:9711 upper jaw bone maxillary bone UBERON:0002397 EHDAA2:0001068 galen:Maxilla UMLS:C0024947 VSAO:0000207 AAO:0000285 MA:0001491 maxillae ZFA:0000270 NCIT:C26470 uberon maxillary MESH:D008437 In some teleosts, the maxilla is located postero-ventral to the supramaxilla. Commonly, the articular process of the maxilla articulates with the autopalatine and ethmoidal region antero-medially. The maxilla is usually the largest bone in the upper jaw assemblage.[TAO] CALOHA:TS-2217 VHOG:0001021 intramembranous bone dermal bone bone of jaw lateral structure