See Also: receptaculum ganglii petrosi(medicine)
receptaculum(medicine)
receptaculum chyli(medicine)
receptaculum pecqueti(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
sulcus nervi petrosi minoris(medicine)
sulcus sinus petrosi inferioris(medicine)
sulcus sinus petrosi superioris(medicine)
sulcus nervi petrosi majoris(medicine)
canalis nervi petrosi superficialis minoris(medicine)

water table (medicine) and receptaculum ganglii petrosi (medicine)


water table (medicine)


water table
<ecology> The zone of saturation at the highest average depth during the wettest season, it is at least six inches thick and persists in the soil for more than a few weeks.


receptaculum ganglii petrosi (medicine)


receptaculum ganglii petrosi -->
petrosal fossula


A small and often only faintly marked depression on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone, between the jugular fossa and the opening of the carotid canal; here opens the canaliculus tympanicus transmitting the tympanic nerve.

Synonym: fossula petrosa, petrosal fossa, receptaculum ganglii petrosi.