the maxilla

A slender and tapering p. of the superior maxilla, odontoid p. A large, blunt, toothlike p. on the body of the axis, which extends upward to articulate with the atlas, orbital p. A somewhat pyramidal p. which ascends from the anterior margin of the vertical plate of the palate bone, palatal p'es (of the embryo). Those p'es of the superior maxillary plates which, advancing inward from the two sides, meet and coalesce to form the bony palate, posterior clinoid p. The posterior lateral angle of the dorsum sellae. post glenoid p. A small p. on the temporal bone just behind the articular cavity of the glenoid fo a. protoplasmic p'es. 1. The