premaxilla

Either of two bones located in front of and between the maxillary bones in the upper jaw of vertebrates.

The intermaxillary or premaxillary bone. See intermaxillary.

A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.

Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw