epigastric fossa
1epigastric fossa — noun a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) • Syn: ↑pit of the stomach • Hypernyms: ↑pit, ↑fossa • Part Holonyms: ↑stomach, ↑tummy, ↑tu …
2epigastric fossa — epigastrium …
3fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the …
4Superficial epigastric vein — Infobox Vein Name = PAGENAME Latin = vena epigastrica superficialis GraySubject = 173 GrayPage = 669 Caption = The left femoral triangle. (Superior epigastric vesseles labeled at center top.) Caption2 = The great saphenous vein and its… …
5precordial depression — epigastric fossa (def. 1) …
6region — 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body. SEE ALSO: space, zone. 2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special …
7fovea — Any natural depression on the surface of the body, such as the axilla, or on the surface of a bone. Cf.:dimple. SYN: pit (1). [L. a pit] f. anterior SYN: superior f.. anterior f. SYN: superior f.. f. ar …
8pit — 1. SYN: fovea. 2. One of the pinhead sized depressed scars following the pustule of acne, chickenpox, or smallpox (pockmark). 3. A sharp pointed depression in the enamel surface of a tooth, due to faulty or incomplete …
9scrobiculus cordis — SYN: epigastric fossa. [L. pit or fossa of the heart] …
10pit of the stomach — noun a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) • Syn: ↑epigastric fossa • Hypernyms: ↑pit, ↑fossa • Part Holonyms: ↑stomach, ↑tummy, ↑tum …
