Mandibular fossa 4884787 213694227 2008-05-20T13:12:38Z Gracillis 4775916 [[th:แอ่งข้อต่อขากรรไกร]] {{Infobox Bone | Name = Mandibular fossa | Latin = f. mandibularis | GraySubject = 34 | GrayPage = 140 | Image = Gray137.png | Caption = Left [[temporal bone]]. Outer surface. (Mandibular fossa labeled at left, third from the top.) | Image2 = Gray187.png | Caption2 = Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Mandibular fossa labeled at center left. [[Temporal bone]] is pink.) | System = | Precursor = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = f_14 | DorlandsSuf = 12376335 | }} In the [[temporal bone]], the '''mandibular fossa''' ('''glenoid fossa''') is bounded, in front, by the [[articular tubercle]]; behind, by the tympanic part of the bone, which separates it from the [[external acoustic meatus]]; it is divided into two parts by a narrow slit, the [[petrotympanic fissure]] ([[Glaserian fissure]]). see also the [[TMJ]] ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray915.png|Auditory tube, laid open by a cut in its long axis. </gallery> ==External links== * {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|22|4b|07}} * {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|27|st|03|11}} * {{RocheLexicon|34257.000-1}} * [http://www.victoriacollege.edu/dept/bio/Pig/HumanSkeleton/webpages/mandibularfossa.html photo at victoriacollege.edu] {{Gray's}} {{Skull}} {{musculoskeletal-stub}} [[sv:Fossa mandibularis]] [[th:แอ่งข้อต่อขากรรไกร]]