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infratemporal fossae

infratemporal fossae is the plural of infratemporal fossa.

Meaning of infratemporal fossa

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.

Questions about infratemporal fossae

What is infratemporal fossae the plural of?
Infratemporal fossae is the plural of infratemporal fossa.

Words near infratemporal fossae in the dictionary

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

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