Landmark · Skeletal system
Oblong fovea
Fovea oblonga
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Arytenoid cartilage
DescriptionUnreviewed
On the anterolateral surface of the cricoid cartilage, the lower part of the crista arcuata intervenes between two depressions or foveæ, an upper, the triangular fovea, and a lower, oblong in shape that gives attachment to the thyroarytenoid muscle (vocal muscle).
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Names
- Latin
- Fovea oblonga
- English
- Oblong fovea
- French
- Fosse oblongue
- Spanish
- Fóvea oblonga
- Portuguese
- Fóvea oblonga