| fossa for incus | A small depression in the lower and posterior part of the epitympanic recess that lodges the short limb of the incus. Synonym: fossa for incus, incudal fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| body of incus | The main part of the incus that articulates with the malleus and from which the short and long limbs arise. Synonym: corpus incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior ligament of incus | Ligamentous band extending from short crus of fincus. Synonym: ligamentum incudis posterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short crus of incus | The short crus of incus; the process of the incus that fits into a depression (fossa incudis) in the epitympanic recess. Synonym: crus breve incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior ligament of incus | Connects the body of the incus with the roof of the tympanic recess. Synonym: ligamentum incudis superius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incus | <anatomy> One of three ossicles in the ear lying between the malleus and stapes. (13 Nov 1997) |
| lenticular process of incus | A knob at the tip of the long limb of the incus which articulates with the stapes. Synonym: processus lenticularis incudis, lenticular apophysis, lenticular bone, orbicular bone, orbicular process, orbiculare, os orbiculare, os sylvii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long crus of incus | The process of the incus that articulates with the stapes. Synonym: crus longum incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabular fossa | A depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the acetabular notch. Synonym: fossa acetabuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amygdaloid fossa | The depression between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches occupied by the palatine tonsil. Synonym: fossa tonsillaris, amygdaloid fossa, sinus tonsillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anconal fossa | A hollow on the dorsum of the distal end of the humerus, just above the trochlea, in which the olecranon process of the ulna rests when the elbow is extended. Synonym: fossa olecrani, anconal fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior cranial fossa | The portion of the internal base of the skull, anterior to the sphenoidal ridges and limbus, in which the frontal lobes of the brain rest. Synonym: fossa cranii anterior, anterior cranial base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articular fossa of temporal bone | 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) |
| axillary fossa | <anatomy> The underarm area. (16 Dec 1997) |
| Bichat's fossa | Sphenomaxillary fossa, a small pyramidal space, housing the pterygopalatine ganglion, between the pterygoid process, the maxilla, and the palatine bone. Synonym: fossa pterygopalatina, Bichat's fossa, pterygomaxillary fossa, sphenomaxillary fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |