- Jobert fossa
- the fossa in the popliteal region bounded above by the adductor magnus and below by the gracilis and sartorius, best seen when the knee is bent and the thigh strongly rotated outward.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Jobert fossa
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Jobert fossa — Jo·bert fossa (zho bārґ) [Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe, French surgeon, 1799–1867] see under fossa … Medical dictionary
fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the … Medical dictionary
Jobert de Lamballe — Antoine J., French surgeon, 1799–1867. See J. fossa, J. suture … Medical dictionary
Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe — (17 December 1799 19 April 1867 [cite web|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed uid=11640520 cmd=showdetailview indexed=google|title=NCBI link] ) was a French surgeon. He was born at Matignon, studied medicine at Paris, and in… … Wikipedia
