Submandibular fovea

Submandibular fovea
Mandible. Inner surface. Side view
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Fovea submandibularis, fossa submandibularis
Dorlands /Elsevier	f_15/12377430
TA	A02.1.15.015
FMA	59435
*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

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

External links

"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.

The facial skeleton of the skull

Maxilla

Surfaces	Anterior: fossae (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa) Infraorbital foramen Anterior nasal spine Infratemporal: Alveolar canals Maxillary tuberosity Orbital: Infraorbital groove Infraorbital canal Nasal: Greater palatine canal
Processes	Zygomatic process Frontal process (Agger nasi, Anterior lacrimal crest) Alveolar process Palatine process (Incisive foramen, Incisive canals, Foramina of Scarpa, Incisive bone, Anterior nasal spine)
Other	Body of maxilla Maxillary sinus

Zygomatic

Palatine

Fossae	Pterygopalatine fossa Pterygoid fossa
Plates	Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) Perpendicular plate (Greater palatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen)
Processes	Pyramidal Orbital Sphenoidal

Mandible

Body	external surface (Mandibular symphysis, Lingual foramen, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen, Mandibular incisive canal) internal surface (Mental spine, Mylohyoid line, Sublingual fovea, Submandibular fovea) Alveolar part
Ramus	Mylohyoid groove Mandibular canal Lingula Mandibular foramen Angle Coronoid process Mandibular notch Condyloid process Pterygoid fovea

Nose

Other

Lacrimal

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