Mandibular fossa
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| Bone: Mandibular fossa | |
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| Left temporal bone. Outer surface. (Mandibular fossa labeled at left, third from the top.) | |
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| Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Mandibular fossa labeled at center left. Temporal bone is pink.) | |
| Latin | f. mandibularis |
| Gray's | subject #34 140 |
| Dorlands / Elsevier | f_14/12376335 |
In the temporal bone, the mandibular fossa (glenoid fossa) is bounded, in front, by the articular tubercle; behind, by the tympanic part of the bone, which separates it from the external acoustic meatus; it is divided into two parts by a narrow slit, the petrotympanic fissure (Glaserian fissure).
Additional images
 Auditory tube, laid open by a cut in its long axis. |
External links
- SUNY Figs 22:4b-07
- SUNY Labs 27:st-0311
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-1
- photo at victoriacollege.edu
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