Maxilla
The main bone of the upper jaw, carrying the cheek teeth and the facial crest.
About the maxilla of the horse
Maxilla is a bone of the head (head), a single structure on the midline. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Maxilla
- Latin (NAV)
- Maxilla
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the maxilla
- Where is the maxilla of the horse?
- Maxilla is a bone of the head (head), a single structure on the midline.
See the maxilla inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
