See Also: retroussage(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Cruveilhier, Jean(encyclopedia)
Cruveilhier's disease(medicine)
Cruveilhier, Jean(medicine)
Cruveilhier's plexus(medicine)
Cruveilhier's ligaments(medicine)
Cruveilhier's joint(medicine)
Cruveilhier's fascia(medicine)
Cruveilhier's fossa(medicine)

Cruveilhier's fossa (medicine) and retroussage (iou)


Cruveilhier's fossa (medicine)


Cruveilhier's fossa -->
scaphoid fossa


A boat-shaped hollow.

A longitudinal hollow on the posterior surface of the superior portion (root) of the medial pterygoid plate; it gives origin to the tensor veli palati muscle.

Synonym: fossa scaphoidea ossis sphenoidalis, Cruveilhier's fossa, fossa navicularis Cruveilhier, scaphoid fossa of sphenoid bone.

Synonym: scapha.


retroussage (iou)



retroussage noun. M20.
[French, from retrousser: see RETROUSSe, -AGE.]
In etching, the action of drawing a fine cloth across an inked plate to draw out some ink and smear it irregularly across the plate.