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bone fossa

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A depression or hollow in a bone[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossa#Anatomy ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • Wikipedia:Fossa#Anatomy
  • FMA:45791
  • AAO:0010439
  • VSAO:0005069
  • ZFA:0005388
  • TAO:0001743
  • UMLS:C0836913 (ncithesaurus:Fossa)
Subsets

vertebrate_core

plural term
fossae [ TAO:0001743 ]

plural term
concavities [ TAO:0001743 ]

plural term
depressions [ TAO:0001743 ]

UBPROP 0000001

Anatomical space that is a concavity, shallow depression, or groove on a bone.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000012

General Anatomical term in FMA; not restricted to bone in ncit; surface feature in VSAO; note that entities named 'fossa' are cavities in FMA, hence placement here

has related synonym

depressions, groove, depression, concavity, fossae, concavities

id

UBERON:0004704

prefLabel

Fossa

Term relations