| PMF | platelet membrane fluidity; progressive massive fibrosis; proton motive force; pterygomaxillary foss... |
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| RIF | radiological interface; release-inhibiting factor; rifampin; right iliac fossa; rosette-inhibiting f... |
| SF | Sabin-Feldman [test]; safety factor; salt-free; scarlet fever; screen film; seminal fluid; serosal f... |
| trochlea humeri | The grooved surface at the lower end of the humerus articulating with the trochlear notch of the ulna. Synonym: trochlea humeri, pulley of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tuberculum majus humeri | greater tubercle of humerus |
| tuberculum minus humeri | The anterior of the two tubercles of the neck of the humerus on which the subscapularis is inserted. Synonym: tuberculum minus humeri, lesser tuberosity of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies anterior lateralis corporis humeri | The surface of the humerus lateral to the intertubercular groove. Synonym: facies anterior lateralis corporis humeri, facies anterolateralis corporis humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies anterior medialis corporis humeri | The surface of the humerus between the anterior and medial borders of the bone. Synonym: facies anterior medialis corporis humeri, facies anteromedialis corporis humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies anterolateralis corporis humeri | An alternate term for anterolateral surface of shaft of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies anteromedialis corporis humeri | An alternate term for anteromedial surface of shaft of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies posterior corporis humeri | The posterior surface of the humerus. Synonym: facies posterior corporis humeri. (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) |