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orbital cavity

NOUN
  1. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

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  • It transmits to the orbital cavity the oculomotor, the trochlear, the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal, and the abducent nerves, some filaments from the cavernous plexus of the sympathetic, and the orbital branch of the middle meningeal artery; and from the orbital cavity a recurrent branch from the lacrimal artery to the dura mater, and the ophthalmic veins. II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull
  • The effects of this fracture depend on its size and location within the orbital cavity.
  • The middle part of the fossa presents, in front, the chiasmatic groove and tuberculum sellæ; the chiasmatic groove ends on either side at the optic foramen, which transmits the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery to the orbital cavity. II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull
  • The eye is located within the orbital cavity of the skull between the cranium and the facial skeleton.
  • This surface is bounded behind by a ridge, which forms the anterior border of a narrow, transverse groove, the chiasmatic groove (optic groove), above and behind which lies the optic chiasma; the groove ends on either side in the optic foramen, which transmits the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery into the orbital cavity. II. Osteology. 5a. 5. The Sphenoid Bone
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