Premaxilla
Cranial bones at the very tip of the upper jaw of many animals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The premaxilla (or praemaxilla) is one of a pair of small cranial bones at the very tip of the upper jaw of many animals, usually, but not always, bearing teeth. In humans, they are fused with the maxilla. The "premaxilla" of therian mammals has been usually termed as the incisive bone. Other terms used for this structure include premaxillary bone or os premaxillare, intermaxillary bone or os intermaxillare, and Goethe's bone.
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Precursor | median nasal prominence |
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TA98 | A02.1.12.031 |
TA2 | 833 |
FMA | 77231 |
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