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greater supraclavicular fossa (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term fossa supraclavicularis major (par)
Specific (formal) par fossarum supraclavicularium majorum
Generic term fossa supraclavicularis major
Official term greater supraclavicular fossa (pair)
Formal official term pair of greater supraclavicular fossae
Generic term greater supraclavicular fossa
Unit identifier TAH:U152
Entity identifiers TAH:E152; E32677; E32675; E32676
Unit type pair
Materiality immaterial
Navigation
Link to the unit greater supraclavicular fossa (pair)
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
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 a depression on the surface of the body, located superior and posterior to the clavicle, lateral to the tendon of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Taxonomic definition A greater supraclavicular fossa of cervical region is a surface of subdivision of lateral part of neck [superficies divisionis partis lateralis colli ] which is delimited by the lateral tendon of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the clavicle, extending posterolaterally.
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:U150
lateral cervical region (pair) PIZ
TAH:U152 greater supraclavicular fossa (pair) PIP
Taxonomy
Date: 14.06.2026