Flashcards in The Orbit Deck (19)
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What term is used to identify the periosteum of the orbit?
Periorbita
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What term is used to identify the periosteum of the cranium?
Pericranium
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What term is used to identify the periosteum of the cranial vault?
Endocranium
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What are the bones forming the margins of the orbit?
- frontal
- maxillary
- zygomatic
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What landmarks form the apex of the orbit?
Convergence of the superior orbital fissure and inferior orbital fissure
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What bones form the superior wall of the orbit?
- sphenoid
- frontal
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What opening is located along the superior wall of the orbit?
Optic canal
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What are the contents of the optic canal?
- optic nerve
-ophthalmic artery
9
What bones form the medial wall of the orbit?
- ethmoid
- frontal
- lacrimal
- sphenoid
10
What are the openings located along the medial wall of the orbit?
- anterior ethmoid foramen
- posterior ethmoid foramen
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What is the name given to the medial wall of the orbit?
Lamina papyracea
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What features may be observed on the medial wall of the orbit?
- lacrimal groove
- fossa for the lacrimal sac
- anterior ethmoid foramen
- posterior ethmoid foramen
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What bones form the lateral wall of the orbit?
- sphenoid
- zygomatic
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What opening is located along the lateral wall of the orbit?
Superior orbital fissure
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What are the contents of the superior orbital fissure?
- oculomotor cranial nerve
- trochlear cranial nerve
- abducent/abducens cranial nerve
- ophthalmic division of the trigeminal cranial nerve
- ophthalmic veins
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What bones form the inferior wall of the orbit?
- maxillary
- palatine
- zygomatic
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What opening is located along the inferior wall of the orbit?
Inferior orbital fissure
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What is contained in the inferior orbital fissure?
Maxillary division of trigeminal nerve
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