Where it is
The facial bone above the upper teeth, in front of the orbit.
- Layer
- Skeleton
- System
- Axial skeleton
- Region
- Head
What it is and what it does
The maxilla is the largest bone of the face and carries the upper premolars, molars and canine. In the dog it is short but very tall at the back, without a facial crest; the infraorbital foramen, through which the infraorbital nerve emerges toward the lip and the nose, lies above the third premolar, and the infraorbital canal is short. The ventral nasal concha attaches to its surface facing the nasal cavity.
Worth remembering
Anesthesia of the upper teeth is done on the infraorbital nerve, at the foramen in the maxilla.
Names
- Latin term: maxilla.
- In Romanian: Maxila (Romanian page).
In the atlas lessons
The head: what you see, what is underneath (6 min).
Questions from the atlas
"Find it on the drawing" questions whose answer is this structure; in the atlas you will find them in the question bank and in the lessons.