maxilla

IPA/mækˈsɪlə/
KK[mæksˈɪlə]IPA/mækˈsɪlə/

maxilla — 名詞

  • maxillasingular
  • maxillaeplural

1. One of the two fused bones that make up the upper jaw in humans and other mammal

1.名詞B2
釋義

上頷骨

構成上顎的骨骼

One of the two fused bones that make up the upper jaw in humans and other mammals. It holds the upper teeth in position and contributes to the lower rim of both eye sockets, along with the sides and floor of the nasal cavity.

例句

After falling off his bicycle, eight-year-old Jun fractured his maxilla and had to have surgery.

Jun 從腳踏車上摔下來後，八歲的他上頷骨骨折，必須接受手術。

fractured maxilla — common injury context

The CT scan showed that the tumour had spread from the palate into the left maxilla.

電腦斷層掃描顯示腫瘤已從上顎擴散到左側上頷骨。

medical context: maxilla as anatomical location

常見搭配
  • fractured maxilla
  • maxilla surgery
  • maxilla and mandible
  • left / right maxilla
  • maxilla bone graft
同義詞
  • upper jaw

    non-technical term used in everyday language; less precise but more common outside medicine.

  • jawbone

    general term that can refer to either the upper or lower jaw; less specific than 'maxilla'.

反義詞
  • mandible

    the lower jaw bone; the counterpart of the maxilla.

文法句型

the maxilla

a fractured maxilla

用法筆記

In everyday conversation, English speakers usually say 'upper jaw' instead of 'maxilla'. The term 'maxilla' is most common in medical, dental, and anatomical writing.

常見錯誤

The dentist said I broke my maxilla bone.
The dentist said I broke my maxilla.
'maxilla' already names a bone, so 'bone' after it is redundant.

同根字

  • maxillary
    形容詞C1
  • maxillofacial
    形容詞C1
  • maxillae
    noun pluralC2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • fractured maxilla
  • maxilla and mandible
  • left maxilla
  • right maxilla

介系詞搭配

  • of the maxilla
  • in the maxilla
  • to the maxilla