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infratemporal fossa

infratemporal fossa noun: a fossa that is bounded above by the plane of the zygomatic arch, laterally by the ramus of the mandible, and medially by the pterygoid plate, and that contains the masseter and pterygoid muscles and the mandibular nerve.

Noun

infratemporal fossa (plural infratemporal fossae)

  1. A fossa that is bounded above by the plane of the zygomatic arch, laterally by the ramus of the mandible, and medially by the pterygoid plate, and that contains the masseter and pterygoid muscles and the mandibular nerve.

Forms of infratemporal fossa

pluralinfratemporal fossae

Questions about infratemporal fossa

What does infratemporal fossa mean?
Infratemporal fossa means a fossa that is bounded above by the plane of the zygomatic arch, laterally by the ramus of the mandible, and medially by the pterygoid plate, and that contains the masseter and pterygoid muscles and the mandibular nerve.
What part of speech is infratemporal fossa?
Infratemporal fossa is a noun.
What is the plural of infratemporal fossa?
The plural of infratemporal fossa is infratemporal fossae.

Words near infratemporal fossa in the dictionary

  1. infrasyllabic
  2. infratarsal
  3. infratemporal
  4. infratemporal crest
  5. infratemporal crests
  6. infratemporal fossa
  7. infratemporal fossae
  8. infratemporally
  9. infratentorial
  10. infratentorially
  11. infraterritorial

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