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sublingual pit(medicine)
Sublingual(medicine)
sublingual fold(medicine)
sublingual artery(medicine)
sublingual gland(medicine)
sublingual nerve(medicine)
sublingual vein(medicine)
sublingual tablet(medicine)
sublingual bursa(medicine)

sublingual pit (medicine)


sublingual pit -->
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.