Dictionary definition: premaxilla

Article: Developmental Field Reassignment in unilateral cleft lip: ...
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... craniofacial skeleton is made from exclusively from neural crest. Thus the cell populations producing the ethmoid, presphenoid, premaxilla and vomer all originate in antero-posterior order from the neural folds in genetic register with the 1face=+Superscript ...

Article: Armenian Inventor Develops Upper Jaw Correction ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 5, 2008 ;     590 words ... ... orthodontics, and can be used during the correction of the form of upper jaw, namely, dental, alveolar and basal arches. The task of ... functionalities of the devices for correction of the form of upper jaw, namely, dental alveolar and basal arches." An abstract ...

Article: Fossil finds enter row over humanity's roots. (Pieces of a ...
Science News;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... implications for two ancient species traditionally regarded as direct ancestors of Homo sapiens. A 1.8-million-year-old upper jaw discovered in eastern Africa solidifies the position of Homo habilis as the oldest known member of the Homo genus, say anthropologist ...

The surgery is over, but the swelling and suffering have just begun. With ...
KRT Photos;  June 26, 2004 ;     423 words ... ... swelling and suffering have just begun. With the titanium halo bolted to her skull and the scaffold wired to her cheeks and upper jaw, Brenna Johnston can't see, talk or lift her head for days. Robyn will turn screws on the front of the device twice a ...

To fix the functions of Brenna's face, Dr. Richard Hopper will ...
KRT Photos;  June 21, 2004 ;     419 words ... ... Richard Hopper will drastically alter its form. He will peel back her skin, saw through her cheekbones, eye orbits, nose and upper jaw, and wrench the bones forward. He warns her mom: "It's going to be a big shock for you. Her eyes will stay the same ...

[Grampus ; Cape porpoise ; Brain and upper jaw of the ...
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     267 words ...

1. North American Otter, skull, (Lutra canadensis). 2. Teeth in the ...
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     268 words ...