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Recent Examples of maxilla
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office decided to reopen the Gacy file in 2011 as a cold case, exhuming bone fragments and sending eight sets of mandibles and maxilla to the CHI lab in Fort Worth for DNA processing.
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David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2024
Thomas' team looked at the maxilla, or the upper part of the dog's jaw, because those tooth roots are best for DNA sampling, and researchers were able to pull samples from three specimens.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
Small skeletal details such as the shape of the upper jaw bone called the maxilla, the head of the thigh bone and the foot bones of Scleromochlus are similar to those of other reptiles proposed to be related to pterosaur origins.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2022
The front of his face — his nose, maxilla, sinuses, jaw — projected forward like a canine skull — what an anthropologist would call prognathous.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
Later today, Garvey will operate on a man with a more difficult case—a large tumor in the maxilla, or top jaw—as part of two surgical teams.
—Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2020
Bereino had found a maxilla, or upper jawbone, belonging to an ancient hominin.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2019
Just feet away from where Bereino had found the maxilla, Haile-Selassie soon spotted what turned out to be most of the remaining skull.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2019
Using high resolution micro-CT scanning, Dr. Weber created a 3D replica of the upper left maxilla that allowed him to investigate its surface features and, virtually, to remove enamel from the teeth.
—Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2024
Thomas' team looked at the maxilla, or the upper part of the dog's jaw, because those tooth roots are best for DNA sampling, and researchers were able to pull samples from three specimens.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
Small skeletal details such as the shape of the upper jaw bone called the maxilla, the head of the thigh bone and the foot bones of Scleromochlus are similar to those of other reptiles proposed to be related to pterosaur origins.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2022
The front of his face — his nose, maxilla, sinuses, jaw — projected forward like a canine skull — what an anthropologist would call prognathous.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
Later today, Garvey will operate on a man with a more difficult case—a large tumor in the maxilla, or top jaw—as part of two surgical teams.
—Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2020
Bereino had found a maxilla, or upper jawbone, belonging to an ancient hominin.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2019
Just feet away from where Bereino had found the maxilla, Haile-Selassie soon spotted what turned out to be most of the remaining skull.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2019
Using high resolution micro-CT scanning, Dr. Weber created a 3D replica of the upper left maxilla that allowed him to investigate its surface features and, virtually, to remove enamel from the teeth.
—Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maxilla
mandible
Noun
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Instead, this species had mandibles that ran forward parallel to the head and facial projection closer to its eyes.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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At first, researchers tried to extract DNA from the mandible.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Maxilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maxilla. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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