Ma'anar ƙamus na "maxillary" yana nufin wani abu mai dangantaka da maxilla, wanda shine kashin sama a cikin kashin baya. Hakanan yana iya komawa ga tsari ko fasali waɗanda ke cikin ko alaƙa da yankin maxilla. Misali, jijiya maxillary jijiya ce da ke ba da jini ga sassan fuska kuma jijiyar maxillary jijiya ce mai dauke da bayanai masu hankali daga hakora na sama, da gumi, da kuma kunci zuwa kwakwalwa.