Author: Glossary
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Fothergill’s disease
Scarlatina anginosa, an ulcerative sore throat present in severe scarlet fever. Another term for trigeminal neuralgia, a condition affecting the trigeminal nerve (the fifth cranial nerve that provides the facial muscles).
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Adult foster care
Long-term care for elderly individuals in an adult foster care facility. Typically, such a facility resembles a residence rather than a nursing home and may have fewer regulations than a nursing home.
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Fossette
A small depression or fossa.
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Tooth central fossa
A shallow and wide depression on the occlusal surface of a posterior tooth.
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Tonsillar fossa
A depression, located between the glossopalatine and pharyngopalatine arches, in which the palatine tonsil is situated.
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Supraspinous fossa
The concave triangular area above the spinous process of the posterior surface of the scapula.
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Supraclavicular fossa
A depression on either side of the neck extending down behind the clavicle.
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Subpyramidal fossa
A depression in the inferior wall of the middle ear. It is inferior to the round window and posterior to the pyramid.
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Submandibular fossa
An oblong depression between the mylohyoid ridge and the inferior border of the medial surface of the body of the mandible. It is occupied by the submandibular gland. These were previously referred to as the submaxillary fossa and submaxillary gland.
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Subarcuate fossa
A depression that extends backward as a blind tunnel under the superior semicircular canal of the temporal bone.