See Also: corpus maxillae(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Maxillae(health)
eminentia maxillae(medicine)
tuber maxillae(medicine)
crista conchalis maxillae(medicine)
crista ethmoidalis maxillae(medicine)
arcus alveolaris maxillae(medicine)
facies infratemporalis maxillae(medicine)
facies nasalis maxillae(medicine)

corpus maxillae (medicine)


corpus maxillae -->
body of maxilla


The central portion of the maxilla hollowed out by the maxillary sinus; it presents orbital, nasal, anterior, and infratemporal surfaces and supports four processes, frontal, zygomatic, palatine, and alveolar.

Synonym: corpus maxillae.