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.

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.

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.