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nouna concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
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nounmonotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
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nounlargest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
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- temporalis muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
- olecranon process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended
- posterior meningeal artery branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery that supplies the dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa
- anterior meningeal artery branch of the anterior ethmoidal artery that supplies meninges in the anterior cranial fossa
- temporal muscle muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
- musculus temporalis muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
- olecranon process process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended
- temporalis muscle muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws