Orbital process of the zygomatic bone

Orbital process of the zygomatic bone

Left zygomatic bone. Malar surface. (Orbital proc. visible at upper left.)
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Latin facies orbitalis ossis zygomatici
Dorlands
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f_01/12352343
TA A02.1.14.004
FMA 59226

Anatomical terms of bone

The orbital process of the zygomatic bone is a thick, strong plate, projecting backward and medialward from the orbital margin.

Its antero-medial surface forms, by its junction with the orbital surface of the maxilla and with the great wing of the sphenoid, part of the floor and lateral wall of the orbit.

On it are seen the orifices of two canals, the zygomatico-orbital foramina; one of these canals opens into the temporal fossa, the other on the malar surface of the bone; the former transmits the zygomaticotemporal, the latter the zygomaticofacial nerve.

At the angle of junction of the sphenoidal and maxillary portions, a short, concave, non-articular part is generally seen; this forms the anterior boundary of the inferior orbital fissure: occasionally, this non-articular part is absent, the fissure then being completed by the junction of the maxilla and sphenoid, or by the interposition of a small sutural bone in the angular interval between them.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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