posterior cranial fossa 354

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posterior cranial fossa

Identification

Official Latin term	fossa posterior cranii
Official term	posterior cranial fossa
Unit identifier	TAH:U354
Unit type	single
Materiality	immaterial

Navigation

Link to the unit	posterior cranial fossa
Links of entity	generic: posterior cranial fossa
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	TA98 FMA PubMed
Taxonomic links	Level 2: anatomical space Short Extended
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Taxonomic definition

The posterior cranial fossa is a subdivision of cavity of organ system subdivision [divisio cavitatis divisionis systematis organorum] which is the posterior subdivision of the floor of the cranial cavity.

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U259	skeletoarticular system
TAH:U268	axial skeletal system
TAH:U305	cranium
TAH:U11367	skeletal system of cranium
TAH:U348	basicranium
TAH:U349	internal cranial base
TAH:U354	posterior cranial fossa

TAH:U355	clivus
TAH:U356	groove of inferior petrosal sinus (pair)

Total

2 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67112	immaterial entity
FMA:5897	anatomical space
FMA:67552	anatomical cavity
FMA:54377	subdivision of cavity of organ system subdivision
FMA:54368	posterior cranial fossa

Date: 03.08.2023

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