Scaphoid fossa

Scaphoid fossa
Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Scaphoid fossa is labeled at left.)
Details
Identifiers
Latinfossa scaphoidea ossis sphenoidalis
TA98A02.1.05.047
TA2633
FMA84973
Anatomical terms of bone

In the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid, above the pterygoid fossa is a small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa, which gives origin to the tensor veli palatini.

It is not the same as and has to be distinguished from the scaphoid fossa of the external ear or pinna.