上颌 (shàng hé) — upper jaw; maxilla

Definition

Examples

• 医生检查了他的上颌，发现有一颗牙齿需要拔掉。
  Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de shàng hé, fā xiàn yǒu yì kē yá chǐ xū yào bá diào.
  The doctor examined his upper jaw and found a tooth that needed to be pulled.
• 人类的上颌由两块骨头组成。
  Rén lèi de shàng hé yóu liǎng kuài gǔ tou zǔ chéng.
  The human upper jaw is made up of two bones.
• 这次手术要矫正她的上颌畸形。
  Zhè cì shǒu shù yào jiǎo zhèng tā de shàng hé jī xíng.
  This surgery will correct her upper jaw deformity.