The retromolar fossa is a
fossa
Fossa may refer to:
Animals
* Fossa (animal), the common name of a carnivoran mammal of genus ''Cryptoprocta'' endemic to Madagascar
* ''Fossa'', the Latin genus name of the Malagasy civet, a related but smaller mammal endemic to Madagascar
Pla ...
of the
mandible located
posteriorly to the
third molar. Part of the
temporal muscle's
tendon inserts into it.
References
Facial bones
Vertebrate anatomy
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