Trochlear fovea

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Bone: Trochlear fovea
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Frontal bone. Inner surface. (Trochlear fovea not directly labeled, but visible at bottom right.)
Latin fovea trochlearis
Gray's subject #33 137

Near the nasal part of the interior surface of the frontal bone is a depression, the trochlear fovea, or occasionally a small trochlear spine, for the attachment of the cartilaginous pulley of the Obliquus oculi superior.

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

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