FOVEA

(Lat.), n. f. Fo(fo2)'ve2(we2)-a3. From fodere. to dig. Gr., jSoSpos. Fr.. fovee, foveole, fo ettv. Ger., Gntbe, Griibchen. It.,fo etta. Sp.,hoyuelo. 1. A dimple, a slight depre ion or pit. See FOSSA. 2. The depre ion on the face of the sheathing basal part of a leaf, in which the sporangeium rests. [B, 77, 291 fa, 24).] 3. An old term for the vulva, also for the space between the mammary glands. 4. Of J. C. Claudinus, a form of vapor bath or sweating apparatus for the lower limbs. [A, 325.] Anterior f. See Superior f. F. ace tabuli. See FOSSA ace tabuli.F. acustica inferior. Fr., fo ette acoustique inferieure. The interval between the pons and the olive and pyramid, in which lie the filaments of the auditory nerve. [I, 39.] F. anterior. See Superior f. Foveae anteriores fo ae rbomboidalis. Two slight depre ions on the anterior wall of the fourth ventricle of the brain. [L, 7 (a, 29).] F. anterior major humeri. See FOSSA anterior major humeri. F. anterior minor humeri. See FOSSA anterior minor humeri. Foveae articulares later a les. Depre ions upon the under surface of the transverse proce es of the third to the sixth cervical vertebrae into which elevations (the eminentiae costariae) upon the adjacent vertebrae fit. [L, 332.] Foveae articulares trail sversales. See Costal FOSSS:. F. articular is condyli. A shallow triangular depre ion on the posterior surface of the condyle of the inferior maxilla. ["Arch. f. Anat. u. Phys.," 1865, p. 722 (a. 29).] F. aspera. A depre ion on the sphenoid bone between the posterior border of the inner wing of the pterygoid proce and the vaginal proce . [L, 34 (a, 29).] F. axillar is. See AXILLA (1st def.). F. bursae pharyngeae [Tourtual]. A depre ion on the ventral surface of the bas i-occipital bone in front of the pharyngea! tubercle. [L, 31.] F. calcanei. See SULCUS calcdneus. F. can in a. See Canine FOSSA. F. capitis femoris. See FOSSA capitis femoris. F. capituli radii. See FOSSA anterior minor humeri. F. cardiac a. Ger., vordere Darmpforte (1st def.). 1. An opening between the me so gaster and proso gaster. [Kolliker (H).] 2. See SCROBICULUS cord is. F. carotidea. See Superior carotid TRIANGLE. F. central is laryngis [Merkel]. A slight depre ion upon the ventral surface of the larynx at the basal end of the epiglottis. [L, 31.] F. central is retinae. A small red disc in the centre of the macula lutea on the fundus of the eye, the centre of which often appears as a whitish, round, or hook-shaped spot. The red color is due to the blood of the chorioid. It is a circumscribed depre ion in the retina, at the bottom of which the retina is much thinner than upon the immediately adjoining portions of the yellow spot. [F.] F. cochleae. See FOSSA cochlear is. F. commi urae moll is posterior. A slight depre ion in the third ventricle of the brain just behind the commis sur a moll is. [L, 7 (a, 29).] F. coronoidea. See FOSSA anterior major humeri. Foveae cost a les. See Costal FOSSAE. F. cotyloidea. A depre ion at the bottom of the acetabulum for the attachment of the round ligament. [L, 7 (o, 29).] F. cribrosa inferior et posU2, blue; U3, lull; U4, full; U6, urn; U, like U (German). [s. 103]