Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

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The tonsillar fossa are completely healed.

I type this phrase quite often and wonder if it is right or not.

Shouldn't it be tonsillar fossae, as plural? Or is fossa singular.

Is there one fossa or two down by the tonsils?

Suzanne

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In a message dated 8/21/2003 5:53:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

jaimy.mokos@... writes:

hmmmmmm......I seem to be invisible to Rennie.......lol!

Jaimy

You aren't invisible to me! I'm the one who asked the question and you really

helped me!

suzanne

[Guest guest]

Okay, I had been convinced that there are two, but know I'm reversing my

position! Stedman's had said something similar, not exactly what Gray's said,

but enough to create a question in my mind about whether there is one or two.

Anyone have a cadaver lying around that we could do a lil research on?!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

I found this in Gray's Anatomy:

Eash tonsil consists fundamentally of an aggregate of lymphoid tissue

underlying the mucous membrane between the palatine arches. The lymphoid mass,

however, does not completely fill the interval between the two arches, so that a

small depression, the supratonsillar fossa, exists at the upper part of the

interval. Further, the tonsil extends for a variable distance under cover of the

glossopalatine arch, and is here covered by a reduplication of mucous membrane;

the upper part of this fold reaches across the supratonsillar fossa, between the

two arches, as a thin fold sometimes termed the plica semilunaris; the remainder

of the fold is called the plica triangularis.

Hope this helps....sounds like only one fossa to me.

Kate

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hmmmmmm......I seem to be invisible to Rennie.......lol!

Jaimy

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Good work, Bobbie!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Ok, this is what I have managed to come up with...When searching on the

net

I have only been able to get hits on the singular form, tonsillar fossa.

I

pulled out my anatomy coloring book and it distinctly shows two, one for

each tonsil (listed as singular).

[Guest guest]

No, but there are several people I could be persuaded to kill for this

research if y'all promise not to tell anyone who did it. :-)

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Okay, I had been convinced that there are two, but know I'm reversing my

position! Stedman's had said something similar, not exactly what Gray's

said, but enough to create a question in my mind about whether there is one

or two.

Anyone have a cadaver lying around that we could do a lil research on?!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

I found this in Gray's Anatomy:

Eash tonsil consists fundamentally of an aggregate of lymphoid tissue

underlying the mucous membrane between the palatine arches. The lymphoid

mass, however, does not completely fill the interval between the two arches,

so that a small depression, the supratonsillar fossa, exists at the upper

part of the interval. Further, the tonsil extends for a variable distance

under cover of the glossopalatine arch, and is here covered by a

reduplication of mucous membrane; the upper part of this fold reaches across

the supratonsillar fossa, between the two arches, as a thin fold sometimes

termed the plica semilunaris; the remainder of the fold is called the plica

triangularis.

Hope this helps....sounds like only one fossa to me.

Kate

[Guest guest]

LOL! you're hysterical.......

Jaimy

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Okay, I had been convinced that there are two, but know I'm reversing my

position! Stedman's had said something similar, not exactly what Gray's

said, but enough to create a question in my mind about whether there is

one

or two.

Anyone have a cadaver lying around that we could do a lil research on?!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

I found this in Gray's Anatomy:

Eash tonsil consists fundamentally of an aggregate of lymphoid tissue

underlying the mucous membrane between the palatine arches. The lymphoid

mass, however, does not completely fill the interval between the two

arches,

so that a small depression, the supratonsillar fossa, exists at the upper

part of the interval. Further, the tonsil extends for a variable distance

under cover of the glossopalatine arch, and is here covered by a

reduplication of mucous membrane; the upper part of this fold reaches

across

the supratonsillar fossa, between the two arches, as a thin fold sometimes

termed the plica semilunaris; the remainder of the fold is called the

plica

triangularis.

Hope this helps....sounds like only one fossa to me.

Kate

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Forgive me for stating the obvious, folks, but as I stated before.. if we

are talking about both tonsils it would be plural fossae. The key here is

the context of the sentence. Examples:

The right tonsillar fossa was hemostatic (one tonsil, one fossa, singular).

The tonsillar fossae were hemostatic (both tonsils, 2 " fossas " so it would

be fossae, plural, and as an added bonus, it agrees with the plural verb

were.)

Jan

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" Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. "

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

>

>

> I found this in Gray's Anatomy:

>

> Eash tonsil consists fundamentally of an aggregate of lymphoid tissue

> underlying the mucous membrane between the palatine arches. The lymphoid

> mass, however, does not completely fill the interval between the two

arches,

> so that a small depression, the supratonsillar fossa, exists at the upper

> part of the interval. Further, the tonsil extends for a variable distance

> under cover of the glossopalatine arch, and is here covered by a

> reduplication of mucous membrane; the upper part of this fold reaches

across

> the supratonsillar fossa, between the two arches, as a thin fold sometimes

> termed the plica semilunaris; the remainder of the fold is called the

plica

> triangularis.

>

> Hope this helps....sounds like only one fossa to me.

>

> Kate

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

How did that " know " get in my email! It must be a virus!

hehe

Rennie

www.renesue.com

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Okay, I had been convinced that there are two, but know I'm reversing my

position! Stedman's had said something similar, not exactly what Gray's said,

but enough to create a question in my mind about whether there is one or two.

Anyone have a cadaver lying around that we could do a lil research on?!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

[Guest guest]

Well, you aren't to the rest of us, I'm sure!! I say congratulations to ALL

who researched this teaser.......right Rennie!!! lol

c

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Good work, Bobbie!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Ok, this is what I have managed to come up with...When searching on the

net

I have only been able to get hits on the singular form, tonsillar fossa

I

pulled out my anatomy coloring book and it distinctly shows two, one

for

each tonsil (listed as singular).

[Guest guest]

Great Job Jaimy!!!!!

~Bobbie

-- Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Good work, Bobbie!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Ok, this is what I have managed to come up with...When searching on

the

net

I have only been able to get hits on the singular form, tonsillar

fossa

I

pulled out my anatomy coloring book and it distinctly shows two, one

for

each tonsil (listed as singular).

[Guest guest]

LOL! thanks, Bobbie (Gene)......

Jaimy

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Good work, Bobbie!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Ok, this is what I have managed to come up with...When searching on

the

net

I have only been able to get hits on the singular form, tonsillar

fossa

I

pulled out my anatomy coloring book and it distinctly shows two, one

for

each tonsil (listed as singular).

[Guest guest]

Right, Carol!!

Sorry, Jaimy. I must have lost you in the shuffle. Good job to you too!!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

RE: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Well, you aren't to the rest of us, I'm sure!! I say congratulations to ALL

who researched this teaser.......right Rennie!!! lol

c

-------Original Message-------

hmmmmmm......I seem to be invisible to Rennie.......lol!

Jaimy

-----Original Message-----

From: Rennie

Good work, Bobbie!

Rennie

[Guest guest]

it's okay, Rennie! thanks ;-)

Jaimy

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Right, Carol!!

Sorry, Jaimy. I must have lost you in the shuffle. Good job to you too!!

Rennie

www.renesue.com

RE: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

Well, you aren't to the rest of us, I'm sure!! I say congratulations to

ALL

who researched this teaser.......right Rennie!!! lol

c

-------Original Message-------

hmmmmmm......I seem to be invisible to Rennie.......lol!

Jaimy

-----Original Message-----

From: Rennie

Good work, Bobbie!

Rennie

[Guest guest]

lol! I'm glad I was able to help, Suzanne......I was just

teasing.......thanks!

Jaimy

Re: Tonsillar fossa plural or sing

In a message dated 8/21/2003 5:53:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

jaimy.mokos@... writes:

hmmmmmm......I seem to be invisible to Rennie.......lol!

Jaimy

You aren't invisible to me! I'm the one who asked the question and you

really

helped me!

suzanne