Hyaloid fossa
The hyaloid fossa is a depression on the anterior surface of the vitreous body in which lies the crystalline lens. The name hyaloid fossa is synonymous with patellar fossa. Lens is lined by capsular epithelium.
| Hyaloid fossa | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | fossa hyaloidea |
| TA | A15.2.06.011 |
| 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.
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