infratemporal fossa

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The cavity on the side of the skull bounded laterally by the zygomatic arch and by the ramus of the mandible.zygomatic fossa

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The more anterior fibers insert fleshily on the mandibular fossa.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves|Robert L. Merz
The insertion is primarily a fleshy attachment on the mandibular fossa.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves|Robert L. Merz
First of all, then, come the civets; and first among the civets is the fossa, which is found in Madagascar.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
The prominences called ‘genial tubercles’ behind the chin are replaced by a shallow pit or fossa.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth

The nasal aperture, or olfactory fossa, is very large, and is placed a little below the brain-case.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon|Robert A. Sterndale