skeleton of upper jaw

Preferred Label : skeleton of upper jaw;

Uberon definition : 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.;

Uberon synonym : upper jaw skeleton;

Uberon broad term : upper jaw;

Uberon Homology note : 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];

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Origin ID

0003277;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Maxilla [NCIt concept]
- Upper jaw [FMA entity]
- Upper jaw region structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- upper jaw [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Upper jaw [FMA entity]
adjacent to
- space between upper and lower jaws [UBERON concept]
has part
- bone of upper jaw [UBERON concept]
- diastema between upper central incisors [UBERON concept]
- palatoquadrate arch [UBERON concept]
- secondary palatal shelf [UBERON concept]
- set of upper jaw teeth [UBERON concept]
has skeleton
- skeleton of upper jaw [UBERON concept]
part of
- jaw skeleton [UBERON concept]
- upper jaw region [UBERON concept]
skeleton of
- skeleton of upper jaw [UBERON concept]
- upper jaw region [UBERON concept]

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