elliptical recess

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• recess — A small hollow or indentation. SYN: recessus [TA]. [L. recessus] anterior r. a circumscript deepening of the interpeduncular fossa in the direction of the mamillary bodies. SYN: recessus anterior [TA]. anterior r. of tympanic …   Medical dictionary

• recessus — SYN: recess. [L. a withdrawing, a receding] r. anterior [TA] SYN: anterior recess. r. anterior membranae tympanicae [TA] SYN: anterior recess of tympanic membrane. r. cochlearis [TA] SYN: cochlear recess. r. costodiaphragmaticus [TA] SYN:… …   Medical dictionary

• fovea — Any natural depression on the surface of the body, such as the axilla, or on the surface of a bone. Cf.:dimple. SYN: pit (1). [L. a pit] f. anterior SYN: superior f.. anterior f. SYN: superior f.. f. ar …   Medical dictionary

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• recessus ellipticus vestibuli — [TA] elliptical recess of the vestibule: an oval depressed area in the roof and medial wall of the vestibule of the internal ear, situated above and behind the crista and pierced by 25 to 30 small foramina through which nerves come from the… …   Medical dictionary

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