Meatus vs Fossa - What's the difference?
meatus | fossa |
(anatomy) A tubular opening or passage in the body.
English plurals
(anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth.
(geology) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.
In anatomy terms the difference between meatus and fossa
is that meatus is a tubular opening or passage in the body while fossa is a pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth.meatus
English
(wikipedia meatus)Noun
(en-noun)- The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females.