Fossa (anatomy)

In anatomy, a fossa ( : fossae ( or ); from Latin fossa, "ditch" or "trench") is a depression or hollow usually in a bone, such as the hypophyseal fossa (the depression in the sphenoid bone). Some examples include:

In the skull:
 * Cranial fossa
 * Anterior cranial fossa
 * Middle cranial fossa
 * Interpeduncular fossa
 * Posterior cranial fossa
 * Hypophyseal fossa
 * Temporal bone fossa
 * Mandibular fossa
 * Jugular fossa
 * Infratemporal fossa
 * Pterygopalatine fossa
 * Pterygoid fossa
 * Lacrimal fossa
 * Fossa for lacrimal gland
 * Fossa for lacrimal sac
 * Scaphoid fossa
 * Condyloid fossa
 * Rhomboid fossa

In the mandible:
 * Retromolar fossa

In the torso:
 * Fossa ovalis (heart)
 * Infraclavicular fossa
 * Pyriform fossa
 * Substernal fossa
 * Iliac fossa
 * Ovarian fossa
 * Paravesical fossa
 * Coccygeal fossa
 * Fossa navicularis
 * Navicular fossa of male urethra
 * Fossa of vestibule of vagina
 * Ischioanal fossa

In the upper limb:
 * Supraclavicular fossa
 * Radial fossa
 * On the scapula:
 * Glenoid fossa
 * Supraspinous fossa
 * Infraspinous fossa
 * Subscapular fossa
 * Cubital fossa (a.k.a. Antecubital fossa or chelidon)
 * Olecranon fossa

In the lower limb:
 * Fossa ovalis (thigh)
 * Trochanteric fossa
 * Acetabular fossa
 * Popliteal fossa
 * Intercondyloid fossa
 * Anterior intercondyloid fossa
 * Posterior intercondyloid fossa
 * Intercondylar fossa of femur