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lesser supraclavicular fossa (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term fossa supraclavicularis minor (par)
Specific (formal) par fossarum supraclavicularium minorum
Generic term fossa supraclavicularis minor
Official term lesser supraclavicular fossa (pair)
Formal official term pair of lesser supraclavicular fossae
Generic term lesser supraclavicular fossa
Unit identifier TAH:U149
Entity identifiers TAH:E149; E32668; E32667; E32666
Unit type pair
Materiality immaterial
Navigation
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External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: regions of human body Short Extended
Level 3: cervical regions region
Taxonomic links Level 1: immaterial entity Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: anatomical surface Short Extended
Level 3: surface of subdivision of neck
Language combinations
Taxonomic definition
Encyclopedic definition the region of the neck in the depression posterior to the clavicle, about the interval between the two tendons of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Taxonomic definition A lesser supraclavicular fossa of cervical region is a surface of subdivision of sternocleidomastoid part [superficies divisionis partis sternocleidomastoideae ] which is delimited by the two inferior tendons of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the clavicle.
Encyclopedic definition triangular depression between the sternal and clavicular origins of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U9611
human body SOS
TAH:U9460
regions of human body ZES
TAH:U142
cervical regions region ZIZ
TAH:U143
anterior cervical triangle MIZ
TAH:U149 lesser supraclavicular fossa (pair) PIM
Taxonomy
Date: 14.06.2026