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infratemporal fossa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
in-fratem-po-ral -fos-sa
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fossa that is bounded above by the plane of the zygomatic arch, laterally by the ramus of the mandible, and medially by the pterygoid plate, and that contains the masseter and pterygoid muscles and the mandibular nerve.

Inflected Forms

infratemporal fossae (plural)

Questions

What does infratemporal fossa mean?
A fossa that is bounded above by the plane of the zygomatic arch, laterally by the ramus of the mandible, and medially by the pterygoid plate, and that contains the masseter and pterygoid muscles and the mandibular nerve.

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