# Scaphoid fossa

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{{Short description|Depression in the sphenoid bone of the skull}}
{{Infobox bone
| Name        = Scaphoid fossa
| Latin       = fossa scaphoidea ossis sphenoidalis
| Image       = Gray147.png
| Caption     = [Sphenoid bone](/source/Sphenoid_bone). Upper and posterior surfaces. (Scaphoid fossa is labeled at left.)
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| Caption2    =
}}
In the [pterygoid processes of the sphenoid](/source/pterygoid_processes_of_the_sphenoid), above the [pterygoid fossa](/source/pterygoid_fossa) is a small, oval, shallow depression, the '''scaphoid fossa''', which gives origin to the [tensor veli palatini](/source/tensor_veli_palatini).

It is not the same as and has to be distinguished from the scaphoid fossa of the external ear or [pinna](/source/Pinna_(anatomy)).

==References==
{{Gray's}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310200938/http://face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/media/Morris_skull-basalview.jpg Diagram - look for #28] (source [https://web.archive.org/web/20060416081054/http://face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/skullviews.jsp here])

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Category:Bones of the head and neck

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