sublingual fossa

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• sublingual fossa — fovea sublingualis …   Medical dictionary

• Sublingual fovea — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = fovea sublingualis GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Mandible. Inner surface. Side view. Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = f 15… …   Wikipedia

• fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the …   Medical dictionary

• Sublingual gland — The smallest of the three major salivary glands. It is located. It lies under the floor of the mouth close to the midline. * * * sublingual gland n a small salivary gland on each side of the mouth lying beneath the mucous membrane in a fossa in… …   Medical dictionary

• sublingual gland — noun a small salivary gland that produces mucin (the viscous component of saliva); in human beings it is located on either side of the mouth under the tongue • Syn: ↑sublingual salivary gland • Hypernyms: ↑salivary gland * * * noun : a small… …   Useful english dictionary

• Major sublingual duct — Latin ductus sublingualis major Gray s subject #242 1136 The excretory ducts of the sublingual gland are from eight to twenty in number. Of the smaller sublingual ducts (ducts of Rivinus), some join the submandibular duct; others o …   Wikipedia

• Outline of human anatomy — See also: Index of anatomy related articles Human anatomy, a branch of anatomy, is the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human. It is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy. Gross anatomy (also called topographical… …   Wikipedia

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• 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

• pit — 1. SYN: fovea. 2. One of the pinhead sized depressed scars following the pustule of acne, chickenpox, or smallpox (pockmark). 3. A sharp pointed depression in the enamel surface of a tooth, due to faulty or incomplete …   Medical dictionary

• fovea sublingualis — [TA] sublingual fossa: a depression on the inner surface of the body of the mandible, lodging a portion of the sublingual gland …   Medical dictionary