1825 H. Mayo iv. 258 Thus in the digital fossa branches of the gluteal, sciatic, internal and external circumflex arteries, meet and anastomose.
1855 L. Holden 148 Behind the neck of the femur, and beneath the projecting angle of the trochanter major, you will find a deep excavation, called the ‘digital fossa’.
1930 H. G. Newth (ed. 11) xiii. 334 On the posterior surface of the bone, is a deep pit, the..digital fossa.