Sublingual fovea

Sublingual fovea
Mandible. Inner surface. Side view.
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Identifiers
Latin	fovea sublingualis
TA98	A02.1.15.014
TA2	850
FMA	59434
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The sublingual fovea (or sublingual fossa) is a fovea in the mandible for the sublingual gland.

References

Additional Images

Sublingual fossa

External links

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_8/chapter_42.html
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_42/42-21.HTM
http://zemlin.shs.uiuc.edu/Skull/slide-Pages/15.htm

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The facial skeleton of the skull

Maxilla

Surfaces	Anterior: fossae (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa) Infraorbital foramen Orbital bones 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

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

Body	external surface (Chin, Jaw, Mandibular prominence, 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

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