See Also: processus maxillaris(medicine)
hiatus maxillaris(medicine)
vena maxillaris(medicine)
sinus maxillaris(medicine)
plexus maxillaris externus(medicine)
arteria maxillaris externa(medicine)
plexus maxillaris internus(medicine)
facies maxillaris ossis palatini(medicine)
rami ganglionici nervi maxillaris(medicine)
facies maxillaris alae majoris(medicine)

Environment (health) and processus maxillaris (medicine)


Environment (health)


The sum of the total of the elements, factors and conditions in the surroundings which may have an impact on the development, action or survival of an organism or group of organisms. The environment is as opposed to genetics. We are the product of our genetic inheritance and our environment.





processus maxillaris (medicine)


processus maxillaris -->
maxillary process


A thin plate of irregular form projecting from the middle of the upper border of the inferior concha, articulating with the maxilla bone and partly closing the orifice of the maxillary sinus.

Synonym: processus maxillaris.