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Canine fossa

Canine fossa
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Left maxilla. Outer surface.
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Identifiers
Latin Fossa canina
TA A05.1.03.061
FMA 56762
Anatomical terms of bone
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In the musculoskeletal anatomy of the human head and neck, lateral to the incisive fossa is a depression called the canine fossa. It is larger and deeper than the comparable incisive fossa, and is separated from it by a vertical ridge, the canine eminence, corresponding to the socket of the canine tooth; the canine fossa gives origin to the levator anguli oris.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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