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bone fossa
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A depression or hollow in a bone[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossa#Anatomy ]
Term info
Label
bone fossa
Subsets
vertebrate_core
external definition
Anatomical space that is a concavity, shallow depression, or groove on a bone.[TAO]
external ontology notes
General Anatomical term in FMA; not restricted to bone in ncit; surface feature in VSAO; note that entities named 'fossa' are cavities in FMA, hence placement here
has broad synonym
fossa
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
depressions, groove, depression, concavity, fossae, concavities
id
UBERON:0004704