Inferior orbital fissure
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| Inferior orbital fissure | |
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| The skull from the front. (Label for inferior orbital fissure is at center right.) | |
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| 1 Foramen ethmoidale, 2 Canalis opticus, 3 Fissura orbitalis superior, 4 Fossa sacci lacrimalis, 5 Sulcus infraorbitalis, 6 Fissura orbitalis inferior, 7 Foramen infraorbitale | |
| Latin | f. orbitalis inferior |
| Gray's | subject #46 189 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_08/12365602 |
The lateral wall and the floor of the orbit are separated posteriorly by the inferior orbital fissure which transmits the maxillary nerve and its zygomatic branch, the infraorbital vessels, and the ascending branches from the sphenopalatine ganglion.
It is formed by the sphenoid bone and maxilla.
[edit] Additional images
 Left infratemporal fossa. |
 Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities. |
[edit] See also
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Cranial sutures, Fontanelles, and related regions
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cranial sutures: Coronal | Lambdoid | Occipitomastoid | Parietomastoid | Sphenofrontal | Sphenoparietal | Sphenosquamosal | Sphenozygomatic |Squamosal | Zygomaticotemporal | Zygomaticofrontal | Frontal/Metopic | Sagittal | Frontoethmoidal | Petrosquamous | Sphenoethmoidal | Sphenopetrosal fontanelles: Anterior fontanelle | Posterior fontanelle Asterion | Nasion | Pterion | Dacryon | Inferior orbital fissure | Foramen lacerum | Jugular foramen |
