Submandibular fovea

Submandibular fovea
Mandible. Inner surface. Side view
Details
Identifiers
Latinfovea submandibularis,
fossa submandibularis
TA98A02.1.15.015
TA2851
FMA59435
Anatomical terminology

The submandibular fovea (or submandibular fossa or submaxillary fovea) is an impression on the medial side of the body of the mandible below the mylohyoid line. It is the location for the submandibular gland.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  • "Mandible of Intact Skull: Submandibular fossa". Suny Downstate Medical Center. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  • "Mandible". Tufts University Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology. Retrieved 2008-09-26.


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