fovea

(fo've-ah) \L. a pit.] A cup-shaped depre ion or pit. f. ante'rior, a slight hollow in the floor of the fourth ventricle. f. cap'it is fem'or is [BNA], pit of the head of the femur, a depre ion on the extremity of the head of the femur where is attached the lig amentum «teres. f. cardi'aca, the opening of the foregut posteriorly into the general archenteric space in the embryo, f. centra'lis ret'inte [BNA], central pit, a central depre ion in the macula lutea of the retina. f. costa'lis infe'rior [BNA], costal pit, demifacet on the lower edge of the body of a vertebra articulating with the head of a rib. f. costa'lis supe'rior [BNA], a demifacet on the upper edge of the body of a vertebra articulating with the head of a rib; a single rib articulates with the f. c. inferior and f. c superior of the adjacent vertebrae, f. costa'lis trans vers a'lis [BNA], costal pit of the transverse proce , a facet on the transverse proce of a vertebra for articulation with the tubercle of a rib. f. den'tis atlan'tis, a circular facet on the posterior (inner) surface of the anterior arch of the atlas which articulates with the odontoid proce , or dens, of the axis or epistrophe us, f. eUip'tic a, rece us elUpticus [BNA]. f. femoTa'lis [BNA], femoral or crural fo a, a depre ion on the peritoneal surface of the abdominal wall, below Poupart's ligament, corresponding to the situation of the femoral ring. f. hemiellip'tic a, hem i elliptical pit, rece us elliptic us [BNA]. f. hemisphse'rica, hemispherical pit, rece us sph^ricus [BNA]. f. infe'rior, a triangular area on either side of the rhomboidal fo a below the striee medulla res. £. inguina'lis inter'na, f. supra vesical is. f. inguina'lis later a'lis [BNA], external inguinal fo a, a depre ion on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall external to the ridge formed by the deep epigastric artery; it corresponds to the position of the internal abdominal ring. f. inguina'lis media'lis [BNA], middle inguinal fo a, a depre ion on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall between the ridges formed by the deep epigastric and the obliterated hypogastric arteries. f. oblon'ga cartilag'in is arytsnoid'ese [BNA], a broad shallow depre ion on the external surthe f triangular is above by the crista arcuata. f. pterygoid'ea [BNA], pterygoid pit; a depre ion on the inner side of the neck of the condyloid proce of the lower jaw, giving attachment to the external pterygoid muscle, f. sphffi'rica, rece us sphaericus [BNA]. f. sub lingua'lis [BNA], sublingual pit; a shallow depre ion on either side of the mental spine, on the inner surface of the body of the mandible, lodging the sublingual gland, f. sub maxilla'ris [BNA], submaxillary pit, submaxillary fo a; a hollow below the mylohyoid ridge, on the inner surface of the body of the mandible, lodging the submaxillary gland, f. supe'rior [BNA], a slight depre ion on either side of the rhomboidal fo a, above the strias medulla res, corresponding to the dorsal surface of the pons. f. supra vesica'lis [BNA], fovea inguinal is intern a, internal inguinal fo a, a depre ion on the per it-