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Definition of Foveae

Foveae
Fovea Fo"ve*a, n.; pl. Fove[ae]. [L., a small pit.] A slight depression or pit; a fossa.

Meaning of Foveae from wikipedia

- eyes and the antennal bases, called facial foveae. Some other genera in the family Andrenidae also have foveae though, so the best identifying feature unique...
- from the foveal region during late fetal and early postnatal life. Other foveae may show only a reduced thickness in the inner cell layers, rather than...
- change in refraction between air and water. The eyes of many birds have two foveae (the fovea is the area of the retina with the greatest density of light...
- The trochlear fovea is a slight depression on the anteromedial orbital surface of the orbital plate of the frontal bone. Attached to the trochlear fovea...
- The sublingual fovea (or sublingual fossa) is a fovea in the mandible for the sublingual gland. Sublingual fossa http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_8/chapter_42...
- magnifies the central portion of the visual field. Hawks additionally have two foveae (depressions in the retina with high photoreceptor density) in each eye...
- Hummingbirds are amongst the many birds with two foveae...
- The submandibular fovea (or submandibular fossa or submaxillary fovea) is an impression on the medial side of the body of the mandible below the mylohyoid...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fovea (/ˈfoʊviə/) (Latin for "pit"; plural foveae /ˈfoʊvii/) is a term in anatomy. It refers to a pit or depression in a structure...
- The superior costal facet (or superior costal fovea) is a site where a rib forms a joint with the top of a vertebra. Ribs connect to the thoracic vertebrae...