Superior fovea [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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=====Superior fovea=====

A slight depression in the limiting sulcus (sulcus limitans [TA]) on either side of the [[rhomboid fossa]], above the medullary striae and lateral to the facial colliculus.

Synonym(s): fovea superior [TA], anterior fovea, fovea anterior.

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[[Floor of the fourth ventricle]]: fc: [[facial colliculus]]; ht: [[hypoglossal triangle]]; if: [[inferior fovea]]; me: [[medial eminence]]; ms: [[median sulcus]]; o: [[obex]]; sf: [[superior fovea]]; sl: [[sulcus limitans]]; sm: [[medullary striae of fourth ventricle]]; vt: [[vagal triangle]].

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Ap: [[area postrema]]; icp: [[inferior cerebellar peduncle]]; lr: [[lateral recess]]; ms: [[median sulcus]]; scp: [[superior cerebellar peduncle]]; sf: [[superior fovea]]; sm: [[Medullary striae of fourth ventricle]].