Fossa ovalis (heart)
Feature of the right atrium in the human heart / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the fossa ovalis of the thigh, see saphenous opening.
The fossa ovalis is a depression in the right atrium of the heart, at the level of the interatrial septum, the wall between right and left atrium. The fossa ovalis is the remnant of a thin fibrous sheet that covered the foramen ovale during fetal development.
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Fossa ovalis | |
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Precursor | Foramen ovale |
Identifiers | |
Latin | fossa ovalis cordis |
TA98 | A12.1.01.005 |
TA2 | 3965 |
FMA | 9246 |
Anatomical terminology |
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