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Cruveilhier's fossa(medicine)
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valvula fossae navicularis(medicine)
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fossa navicularis Cruveilhier (medicine)


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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.