- 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...
- The
Olympica Fossae are a set of
troughs in the
Tharsis quadrangle of Mars at 25°
north latitude and 114.1° west longitude. They are
about 420 km long...
- The
Cerberus Fossae are a
series of semi-parallel
fissures on Mars
formed by
faults which pulled the
crust apart in the
Cerberus region. They are 1235 km...
- In
planetary nomenclature, a
fossa /ˈfɒsə/ (pl.
fossae /ˈfɒsiː/) is a long,
narrow depression (trough) on the
surface of an
extraterrestrial body, such...
- The
abdomen (colloquially
called the gut, belly, tummy, midriff, tucky, or stomach) is the
front part of the
torso between the
thorax (chest) and pelvis...
- The
tonsillar fossa (or
tonsillar sinus) is a
space delineated by the
triangular fold (plica triangularis) of the
palatoglossal and
palatopharyngeal arches...
- 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...
-
after the
ships of
famous explorers; long,
narrow depressions are
called fossae and are
named after works of architecture;
bright spots are
called faculae...
- The
temporal fossa is a
fossa (shallow depression) on the side of the
skull bounded by the
temporal lines above, and the
zygomatic arch below. Its floor...
- 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...
