- Look up fossa or fossá in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Fossa may
refer to:
Fossa (animal), the
common name of a
carnivoran mammal of
genus Cryptoprocta...
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formed by the
floor of the
cranial cavity.
There are
three distinct cranial fossae:
Anterior cranial fossa (fossa
cranii anterior),
housing the projecting...
- the
superficial topography of the
sacroiliac joints. The
Latin name is
fossae lumbales laterales ("lateral
lumbar indentations").
These indentations are...
- The
Medusae Fossae Formation is a
large geological formation of
probable volcanic origin on the
planet Mars. It is
named for the
Medusa of Gr**** mythology...
- The
infratemporal fossa is an
irregularly shaped cavity that is a part of the skull. It is
situated below and
medial to the
zygomatic arch. It is not fully...
- The
Tractus Fossae are a set of
troughs in the
Tharsis quadrangle of Mars,
located at 26°
north latitude and 101.4° west longitude. They are 390 km (240 mi)...
- fossa) is a
fossa in the skull. A
human skull contains two
pterygopalatine fossae—one on the left side, and
another on the
right side. Each
fossa is a cone-shaped...
- or
fossae (plural) on Mars. They
include the
Cerberus Fossae,
Elysium Fossae,
Galaxias Fossae,
Hephaestus Fossae,
Hyblaeus Fossae,
Stygis Fossae and...
- In
planetary nomenclature, a
fossa /ˈfɒsə/ (pl.
fossae /ˈfɒsiː/) is a long,
narrow depression (trough) on the
surface of an
extraterrestrial body, such...
- The
popliteal fossa (also
referred to as hough[1] or
kneepit in
analogy to the
cubital fossa) is a
shallow depression located at the back of the knee joint...
