Scaphoid fossa
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| Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Scaphoid fossa is labeled at left.) | |
| Latin | f. scaphoidea ossis sphenoidalis |
| Gray's | subject #35 151 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_14/12376635 |
In the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid, above the pterygoid fossa is a small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa, which gives origin to the Tensor veli palatini.
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- Diagram - look for #28 (source here)
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