Inferior orbital fissure
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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.
Corrected info: between greater wing of sphenoid and maxilla; transmits infraorbital nerve and artery, zygomatic nerve, and venous communication between the pterygoid plexus and inferior ophthalmic vein
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 Left infratemporal fossa. |
 Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities. |
 Dissection showing origins of right ocular muscles, and nerves entering by the superior orbital fissure. |
| 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 |
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[edit] External links
- Norman/Georgetown lesson3 (orbitforamina) (#3)
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34256.000-1
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-1
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