fossa

Converse of object

• enter: Several branchial motor nerves are also given off as the mandibular nerve enters the infratemporal fossa.

Adjective modifier

• antecubital: In adults use the upper limb at the medial aspect of the antecubital fossa.
• iliac: In many cases a mass of stool may be felt in the left iliac fossa.
• glenoid: At less than 90 degrees of abduction the deltoid muscle force creates a shear vector in the glenoid fossa.
• popliteal: Care was taken to ensure that there was no constriction at the popliteal fossa.
• cranial: Cerebellum - occupies most of the posterior cranial fossa; damage produces ataxia, slurring of speech.
• posterior: CT scan provides a poor resolution in the posterior fossa.

Modifies a noun

• pain: Right iliac fossa pain ( 99kb ) I Singh, REC Collins British Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol.
• ovalis: In the adult heart, the remnant of the foramen ovale is an oval depression, which is called the fossa ovalis.
• mass: The most frequent clinical sign was a lumbar fossa mass.
• approach: All patients underwent primary surgical resection, and the lateral infratemporal middle fossa approach was used in 20 patients.
• tenderness: Examination was normal except for mild left iliac fossa tenderness.
• tumor: Shunts are often inserted in early childhood although adults may also develop intracranial hypertension, particularly with posterior fossa tumors.

Noun used with modifier

• olecranon: Full extension of the joint is blocked by the olecranon of the ulna contacting the olecranon fossa on the back of the humerus.