Optic foramen

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounEither of a pair of passages through the orbit of the eye in the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone that is traversed by the optic nerves and ophthalmic arteries.

Synonyms

infraorbital foramen superior orbital fissure foramen spinosum foramen inferior orbital fissure orbital fissure foramen magnum ophthalmic artery sphenopalatine foramen infraorbital groove mental foramen zygomaticotemporal foramen

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