submandibular fovea

fovea /fo·vea/ (fo´ve-ah) pl. fo´veae   [L.] a small pit or depression. Often used alone to indicate the central fovea of the retina.

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central fovea of retina  a small pit in the center of the macula lutea, the area of clearest vision, where the retinal layers are spread aside, and light falls directly on the cones.

submandibular fovea  a depression on the medial aspect of the mandible, lodging part of the submandibular gland.

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submandibular fovea

n.

The depression in which the submandibular gland is lodged, located on the medial surface of the body of the mandible below the mylohyoid line.