fossa

[US]/'fɒsə/
[UK]/ˈfɑsə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. den, hollow.

Phrases & Collocations

fossa anatomy

fossa function

fossa bone

fossa MRI

posterior cranial fossa

popliteal fossa

iliac fossa

Example Sentences

Objective To supply sellar region,particularly the hypophyseal fossa boundaries and parasellar structural anatomy parameter for clinical neurosurgery.

Conclusions: The treatment of fungal sinusitis with operation by canine fossa under nasoscope can cure once and for all to bring under permanent contro...

The fossa of Landzert, present in about 2% of autopsies, is recognized as inducing left paraduodenal hernia (PDH).

Disease from surrounding structures can invade the masticator space via the pterygopalatine fossa, the buccal space immediately anterior to the ramus, the foramen ovale, or by way of direct invasion.

Real-world Examples

And it sits inside this little bony pocket called the pituitary fossa.

Source: Connection Magazine

Those unexplained fossae in its upper jaw?

Source: PBS Earth - Animal Fun Facts

He belongs with his own kind on the fossa side of the island.

Source: Animation English

Despite their cat-like appearance fossas are actually more closely related to  mongooses and hyenas than to cats.

Source: Animal Logic

Their  body was remarkably similar to the fossa, but this is just a case of convergent evolution.

Source: Animal Logic

Maybe those fossae held heat-sensitive organs or some other kind of sensory organ that's just unknown to modern science.

Source: PBS Earth - Animal Fun Facts

Broom named the animal Euchambersia mirabilis and his best guess was that those fossae held large salivary glands.

Source: PBS Earth - Animal Fun Facts

Instead, it had those two big, deep and very bizarre fossae in its snout.

Source: PBS Earth - Animal Fun Facts

They've welcomed the birth of the endangered Malayan tapir, three of the threatened fossa pups, triplets they had, and the world's rarest chimp, the critically endangered Western chimpanzee.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2023 Collection

On either side of its upper jaw - right behind each canine tooth - there was what's called a fossa, a shallow indentation in the surface of the bone.

Source: PBS Earth - Animal Fun Facts

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