One of the bones of the upper jaw situated between and in front of the maxillae[VHOG]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premaxilla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incisive_bone VHOG:0000426 ]
Synonyms: premaxillae premaxillary
Term information
- Wikipedia:Incisive_bone
- VHOG:0000426
- MA:0001493
- EHDAA:6962
- SCTID:308884009
- TAO:0000567
- EHDAA:8033
- FMA:76869
- FMA:77231
- EMAPA:17641
- ZFA:0000567
- AAO:0000461
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
relationship loss: overlaps inter-premaxillary joint (TAO:0001950)[TAO]
relationship loss: overlaps premaxillary-maxillary joint (TAO:0002260)[TAO]
relationship loss: overlaps mesethmoid-premaxillary joint (TAO:0001676)[TAO]
requires checking embryonic vs adult; isa fetal organ part in FMA; adult bone of upper jaw in AAO and ZFA; split. Note that we have loops if we add develops_from UBERON:0005620 primary palate
Paired, intramembranous bones located at the anterior end of the skull; they form the anterior-most segment of the maxillary arch.[AAO]
One of the bones of the upper jaw situated between and in front of the maxillae. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]
Dermal bone that forms the anteriormost element of the upper jaw. It articulates with the maxilla posterodorsally and its antimere medially. The premaxilla is paired.[TAO]
(...) in all higher vertebrates a premaxilla is present (...) (reference 1); Although the presence of a tooth-bearing outer buccal arcade (premaxilla, maxilla, dentary) is cited as a common character of Osteichthyes, dipnoans lack all three bones (...) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]