Hyaloid fossa
Space of the eye
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The hyaloid fossa is a depression on the anterior surface of the vitreous body in which lines the crystalline lens. The name hyaloid fossa is synonymous with patellar fossa. The lens is lined by capsular epithelium.
| Hyaloid fossa | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | fossa hyaloidea |
| TA98 | A15.2.06.011 |
| TA2 | 6810 |
| FMA | 58843 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Accumulation of fluid—blood or exudates—can occur in the potential space in which it creates between the vitreous and the lens, called the retrolenticular space.
