Ventral condylar fossa
Fossa condylaris ventralis
Definition
The ventral condylar fossa is a ventral depression in the occipital condyle of the occipital bone, between the paracondylar process and the occipital condyle. Rostral to the ventral condylar fossa is the hypoglossal nerve canal.
References
Constantinescu GM, Schaller O. Illustrated veterinary anatomical nomenclature. 3rd Edition. Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012.
Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.
