Scaphoid fossa

Scaphoid fossa

Infobox Bone
Name = Scaphoid fossa
Latin = f. scaphoidea ossis sphenoidalis
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Caption = Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Scaphoid fossa is labeled at left.)


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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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