A subdivision of the skeleton that corresponds to the upper part of the mouth. The lower jaw skeleton includes the following elements, when present: upper jaw teeth, the maxilla and other lower jaw bones. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: upper jaw skeleton
Term information
- EHDAA:8041
- AAO:0000622
- EHDAA2:0002128
- EMAPA:17927
- FMA:54397
- MA:0001908
- VHOG:0000429
- XAO:0003087
pheno_slim
EMAPA/MA placement unclear. See https://github.com/obophenotype/mouse-anatomy-ontology/issues/102
The jaw joint of all jawed vertebrates, except for mammals, involves the quadrate and articular bones, or the posterior ends of the palatoquadrate and mandibular cartilages; A correlate of the conversion of the articular and quadrate bones to the malleus and incus is that all adult mammals have a jaw joint that lies between the dentary of the lower jaw and the squamosal bone of the skull roof.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- subdivision of skeleton
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some jaw skeleton
- part of some upper jaw region