Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: mandibular fossa
  1. A deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
    - glenoid fossa

Type of: fossa, pit

Part of: os temporale, temporal bone

Encyclopedia: Mandibular fossa

Nearest

Mandelshtam
Mandelstam
Mandevilla
Mandevilla boliviensis
Mandevilla laxa
mandible
mandibula
mandibular
mandibular bone
mandibular condyle
mandibular fossa
mandibular gland
mandibular joint
mandibular notch
mandibulate
mandibulofacial
mandioc
mandioca
mandola
mandolin
mandoline