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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:subarcuate fossa
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Definition:The irregular depression found on the posterior inner surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone just below its crest and above and lateral to the internal acoustic meatus[MP].
Comment:In the temporal bone, above and between the aquæductus vestibuli is an irregular depression which lodges a process of the dura mater and transmits a small vein and the subarcuate artery[1] a branch of the internal auditory artery, which is an end artery that supplies blood to the inner ear ; in the infant this depression is represented by a large fossa, the subarcuate fossa, which extends backward as a blind tunnel under the superior semicircular canal. It is extensive in most primates (except for great apes) and nearly all mammals. In these animals, the subarcuate fossa houses a part of the cerebellum, the petrosal lobe[WP]
Synonyms:exact_synonym: fossa subarcuata
 xref: EMAPA:37967;   FMA:56418;   Wikipedia:Subarcuate_fossa



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    anatomical entity 0
      immaterial anatomical entity 0
        anatomical space 0
          anatomical cavity 0
            bone fossa 0
              cranial fossa 0
                subarcuate fossa 0
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            multicellular organism 0
              organism subdivision 0
                main body axis 0
                  body proper 0
                    craniocervical region 0
                      head 0
                        head mesenchyme 0
                          head paraxial mesoderm 0
                            cartilaginous neurocranium 0
                              neurocranium 0
                                basicranium 0
                                  petrous part of temporal bone 0
                                    subarcuate fossa 0
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