foveola

(fo-ve'o-lah) [L. dim. of fovea pit.] minute fovea or pit. f. coccyge'a [BNA], a depre ion over the coccyx, f. gas'trica [BNA], one of the numerous small pits in the mucous membrane of the stomach at the bottom of which are the mouths of the gastric glands, f. granula'- ris [BNA], graniilar pit, one of the Pac chi on i an depre ions or pits on the inner surface of the skull, along the course of the superior longitudinal sinus, in which are lodged the Pac chi on i an bodies, or granulationes* arachnoid eales. f. papilla'ris, the minute depre ion sometimes seen at the apex of a papilla of the kidney where the excretory tubes open into a calyx.