See Also: fovea sublingualis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
arteria sublingualis(medicine)
caruncula sublingualis(medicine)
plica sublingualis(medicine)
bursa sublingualis(medicine)
vena sublingualis(medicine)
glandula sublingualis(medicine)
nervus sublingualis(medicine)
ductus sublingualis major(medicine)

fovea sublingualis (medicine)


fovea sublingualis -->
sublingual fossa


A shallow depression on either side of the mental spine, on the inner surface of the body of the mandible, superior to the mylohyoid line, lodging the sublingual gland.

Synonym: fovea sublingualis, sublingual pit.