Relating to both the ethmoid bone and the maxilla (upper jaw bone), which meet and articulate in the skull.
From ethmo- (ethmoid) + maxillary (Latin maxilla, jaw). Anatomical adjective describing the junction between two facial skeleton bones.
The ethmomaxillary junction is where your sieve-like ethmoid bone touches your upper jawbone—it's one of those hidden connections in your skull that orthodontists and surgeons care about deeply because changes here affect facial structure.
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