Zygomatico-orbital foramina

Zygomaticoörbital foramina

Left zygomatic bone. Malar surface.
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Identifiers
Latin Foramen zygomaticoorbitale
Dorlands
/Elsevier
f_12/12373910
TA A02.1.14.009
FMA 53168

Anatomical terms of bone

The zygomatico-orbital foramina are two canals in the skull, orifices of which are seen on the orbital process of the zygomatic bone.

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.

References

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

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