maxilla

upper jawbone formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones; includes the frontal portion of the palate of the mouth
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q182895
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maxilla

Summary

maxilla is a class of anatomical entity[1]. maxilla ranks in the top 5% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,403 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • maxilla's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[3].
  • maxilla's instance of is recorded as pneumatized bone[4].
  • maxilla is a type of pneumatized bone[5].
  • maxilla is a type of human bone[6].
  • maxilla is a type of particular anatomical entity[7].
  • maxilla is a type of irregular bone[8].
  • maxilla is a type of skull bone[9].
  • maxilla is part of skull[10].
  • maxilla's Commons category is recorded as Maxilla[11].
  • maxilla comprises body of maxilla[12].
  • maxilla comprises frontal process of maxilla[13].
  • maxilla comprises zygomatic process of maxilla[14].
  • maxilla comprises palatine process of maxilla[15].
  • maxilla comprises alveolar process[16].
  • maxilla's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[17].
  • maxilla's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C26470[18].
  • maxilla's connects with is recorded as maxilla[19].
  • maxilla's connects with is recorded as zygomatic bone[20].
  • maxilla's connects with is recorded as vomer[21].
  • maxilla's connects with is recorded as frontal bone[22].
  • maxilla's connects with is recorded as ethmoid bone[23].
  • maxilla's connects with is recorded as palatine bone[24].
  • maxilla's connects with is recorded as lacrimal bone[25].
  • maxilla's connects with is recorded as inferior nasal concha[26].
  • maxilla's connects with is recorded as nasal bone[27].

Why It Matters

maxilla ranks in the top 5% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,403 views/month).[2] maxilla has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] maxilla is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Connects with maxilla, zygomatic bone, vomer +6
    Instance of class of anatomical entity, pneumatized bone
    Part of skull
    Part of
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558146505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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