The retromolar fossa is a fossa of the mandible located posteriorly to the third molar.[1] Part of the temporal muscle's tendon inserts into it.[2]
References
edit- ^ https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/retromolar+fossa The free dictionary's medical dictionary
- ^ Benninger, Brion; Lee, Byung-Il (March 2012). "Clinical Importance of Morphology and Nomenclature of Distal Attachment of Temporalis Tendon". Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 70 (3): 557–561. doi:10.1016/j.joms.2011.02.047. PMID 21549487.
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