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JUGULAR FOSSAE

\d͡ʒˈuːɡjʊlə fˈɒsiː], \d‍ʒˈuːɡjʊlə fˈɒsiː], \dʒ_ˈuː_ɡ_j_ʊ_l_ə f_ˈɒ_s_iː]\

Definitions of JUGULAR FOSSAE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A deep, smooth depression in the petrous portion of the temporal bone, anterior to the jugular facet. It forms with the jugular notch of the occipital bone the jugular foramen.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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