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The body of the maxilla is somewhat pyramidal in shape, and contains a large cavity, the maxillary sinus (antrum of Highmore).
It has four surfaces - an anterior, a posterior or infratemporal, a superior or orbital, and a medial or nasal.
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Bones of head and neck: the face |
maxilla: Body of maxilla - Maxillary sinus
surfaces of body Anterior (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa, Infraorbital foramen, Anterior nasal spine) - Infratemporal (Alveolar canals, Maxillary tuberosity) - Orbital (Infraorbital groove, Infraorbital canal) - Nasal (Pterygopalatine canal)
processes Zygomatic process - Frontal process (Agger nasi, Anterior lacrimal crest) - Alveolar process - Palatine process (Incisive foramen, Incisive canals, Foramina of Scarpa, Premaxilla, Anterior nasal spine)
lacrimal bone: Posterior lacrimal crest - Lacrimal groove
zygomatic bone: Orbital process, Zygomaticofacial foramen - Zygomaticotemporal foramen - Zygomaticoörbital foramina
palatine bone: Pterygopalatine fossa - Pterygoid fossa - Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) - Perpendicular plate (Pterygopalatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen, Pyramidal process)
processes (Orbital - Sphenoidal)
mandible: body (Symphysis menti, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen, Mylohyoid line) - Ramus (Mandibular foramen, Mylohyoid groove, Mandibular canal, Angle, Coronoid process, Condyloid process, Mandibular notch)
others: nasal bone - inferior nasal conchae (maxillary process) - vomer
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