How do you use Maxillary in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like jaw or maxilla, plus the exact meaning.
Maxillary in a sentence
Maxillary meaning
- Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
- Of or pertaining to the maxillae of an arthropod.
Using Maxillary
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone. | Of or pertaining to the maxillae of an arthropod.
- Useful related words include: jaw, upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxilla.
- In the example corpus, maxillary often appears in combinations such as: the maxillary, maxillary teeth, maxillary palps.
Context around Maxillary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Maxillary
- In this selection, "maxillary" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, causes, specialized, sinobronchitis, teeth, palps and posterior stand out and add context to how "maxillary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include because the maxillary posterior teeth and called the maxillary unguis that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "maxillary" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with maxillary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Edema and mucosal thickening appears in both maxillary sinuses. (9 words)
They have extra maxillary teeth to allow for the proper mastication of plant material. (14 words)
Petrels have a plate called the maxillary unguis that forms a hook on the maxilla. (15 words)
Female yucca moths enter the host flowers, collect the pollen into a ball using specialized maxillary palps, then move to the apex of the pistil, where pollen is deposited on the stigma, and lay eggs into the base of the pistil where seeds will develop. (45 words)
Causes Maxillary sinusitis may also be of dental origin ("odontogenic sinusitis"), citation and constitutes a significant percentage (about 20% of all cases of maxillary sinusitis), citation given the close proximity of the teeth and the sinus floor. (37 words)
Imaging by either X-ray, CT or MRI is generally not recommended unless complications develop. citation Pain caused by sinusitis is sometimes confused for pain caused by pulpitis (toothache) of the maxillary teeth, and vice versa. (36 words)
Example sentences (14)
Because the maxillary posterior teeth are close to the maxillary sinus, this can also cause clinical problems if any disease processes are present, such as an infection in any of these teeth.
Causes Maxillary sinusitis may also be of dental origin ("odontogenic sinusitis"), citation and constitutes a significant percentage (about 20% of all cases of maxillary sinusitis), citation given the close proximity of the teeth and the sinus floor.
The cause of this situation is usually a periapical or periodontal infection of a maxillary posterior tooth, where the inflammatory exudate has eroded through the bone superiorly to drain into the maxillary sinus.
Anatomically, the pikes are characterized by the presence of shark-like, maxillary teeth, a mesocoracoid, and the absence of an adipose fin, breeding tubercules, and pyloric cecae.
Edema and mucosal thickening appears in both maxillary sinuses.
Female yucca moths enter the host flowers, collect the pollen into a ball using specialized maxillary palps, then move to the apex of the pistil, where pollen is deposited on the stigma, and lay eggs into the base of the pistil where seeds will develop.
Imaging by either X-ray, CT or MRI is generally not recommended unless complications develop. citation Pain caused by sinusitis is sometimes confused for pain caused by pulpitis (toothache) of the maxillary teeth, and vice versa.
Like with Tyrannosaurus, the maxillary (cheek) teeth of Albertosaurus were adapted in general form to resist lateral forces exerted by a struggling prey.
Other complications include sinobronchitis, maxillary osteomyelitis, and frontal bone osteomyelitis. citation citation citation citation Osteomyelitis of the frontal bone often originates from a spreading thrombo-phlebitis.
Petrels have a plate called the maxillary unguis that forms a hook on the maxilla.
Some species have a reduced proboscis or maxillary palps and do not feed as adults.
The first and second aortic arches regress and forms only the maxillary arteries and stapedial arteries respectively.
The maxillary palps may, however, be present and these may be visible in mounted specimens but may be confused with the antennae.
They have extra maxillary teeth to allow for the proper mastication of plant material.
Common combinations with maxillary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: