Submandibular fovea

Submandibular fovea

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Latin = fovea/fossa submandibularis
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Caption = Mandible. Inner surface. Side view


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

External links

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* cite web
url = http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/labs/l22/os1012.htm
title = Mandible of Intact Skull: Submandibular fossa
publisher = Suny Downstate Medical Center
accessdate = 2008-09-26
* cite web
url = http://iris3.med.tufts.edu/dentgross/labguide/Mandible.html
title = Mandible
publisher = Tufts University Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology
accessdate = 2008-09-26


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