Monday, September 26, 2011

Human Skull - mandibular fossa (of temporal bone)

The probe is pointing to the mandibular fossa, which is the shallow"dip" in a temporal bone that articulates with the mandibular condyle (i.e. where the lower jaw fits into the skull to form a joint).

Bone terms:
fossa - a shallow, basin-like depression in a bone; a concave (cup-like) indentation or dip in a bone.

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  1. UnknownJuly 20, 2017 at 12:09 AM

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