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Stephanite :: Stephanion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture..

Fossane :: Fossane (n.) A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet.

Fossae :: FossAe (pl. ) of Foss.

Supratemporal :: Supratemporal (a.) Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa.

Biparietal :: Biparietal (a.) Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other..

Fovea :: Fovea (n.) A slight depression or pit; a fossa.

Intercondyloid :: Intercondyloid (a.) Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur..

Fosse :: Fosse (n.) See Fossa.

Pteron :: Pteron (n.) The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other..

Zygosphene :: Zygosphene (n.) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front..

Glenoid :: Glenoid (a.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates..

Postglenoid :: Postglenoid (a.) Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.

Infraclavicular :: Infraclavicular (a.) Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa..

Fossa :: Fossa (n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds..

Vallecula :: Vallecula (n.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum..

Infraspinous :: Infraspinous (a.) Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle..

Pituitary :: Pituitary (a.) Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa..

Crotaphite :: Crotaphite (n.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.

Ephippium :: Ephippium (n.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.

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