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Definition of Mandibular fossa

1. Noun. A deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible.

Medical Definition of Mandibular fossa

1. A deep hollow in the squamous portion of the temporal bone at the root of the zygoma, in which rests the condyle of the mandible. Synonym: cavitas glenoidalis, fossa mandibularis, articular fossa of temporal bone, glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa, glenoid surface. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandibular Fossa

Literary usage of Mandibular fossa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The articular disk is a thin, oval plate, placed between the condyle of the mandible and the mandibular fossa. Its upper surface is concavo- convex from ..."

2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"It is interposed between the condyle of the mandible below and the mandibular fossa (OT glenoid) and the articular tubercle (OT eminentia articularis) above ..."

3. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"The mandibular fossa is a considerable hollow, bounded in front by the articular tubercle and behind by the tympanic plate which separates it from the ..."

4. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The posterior part of the mandibular fossa, formed by the tympanic part of the bone, iS" non-articular, and sometimes lodges a portion of the parotid gland. ..."

5. The Skull of the Crocodile: A Manual for Students by Louis Compton Miall (1878)
"Internal surface : —upper and posterior part of the external wall of the mandibular fossa, external raised edge of the condyle; extends backwards a short ..."

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