premaxilla
One of the bones of the upper jaw situated between and in front of the maxillae[VHOG]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the premaxilla is
One of the bones of the upper jaw situated between and in front of the maxillae[VHOG]. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the premaxilla is
It sits in the head, within the skeletal and digestive systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What the premaxilla connects to
The atlas records 36 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of anatomical structure, axial skeletal system and craniocervical region, and 9 more.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the premaxilla. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.
Also called
Also recorded as premaxillae, premaxillary, incisive bone, os incisivum, premaxilla bone and premaxillary bone. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002244, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: anatomical structure, axial skeletal system, craniocervical region, digestive system, facial skeleton and head, and 6 more.
- A kind of: anatomical structure, bone element, organ, skeletal element and subdivision of skeletal system.
- Attaches to: upper jaw incisor.
- Adjacent to: maxilla.
- Develops from: axial skeletal system, body proper, digestive system, digestive tract, face and facial skeleton, and 10 more.
- contains: primary palate.
Questions
Where is the premaxilla?
It sits in the head, within the skeletal and digestive systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What does the premaxilla connect to?
Part of: anatomical structure, axial skeletal system, craniocervical region, digestive system, facial skeleton and head, and 6 more.
Is the premaxilla the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.