The hyaloid fossa is a depression on the anterior surface of the
vitreous body
The vitreous body (''vitreous'' meaning "glass-like"; , ) is the clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the eyeball (the vitreous chamber) in humans and other vertebrates. It is often referred to as the vitreous humor ...
in which lines the crystalline lens. The name hyaloid fossa is synonymous with patellar fossa. The lens is lined by capsular epithelium.
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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Human eye anatomy
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