- frontal orbit
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see facial orbit.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
frontal orbit
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Orbit (anatomy) — The seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. yellow = Frontal bone green = Lacrimal bone brown = Ethmoid bone blue = Zygomatic bone purple = Maxillary bone aqua = Palatine bone red … Wikipedia
frontal process — n 1) a long plate that is part of the maxillary bone and contributes to the formation of the lateral part of the nose and of the nasal cavity called also nasal process 2) a process of the zygomatic bone articulating superiorly with the frontal… … Medical dictionary
frontal vein — n a vein of the middle of the forehead that unites with the supraorbital vein to form the angular vein near the inner angle of the orbit … Medical dictionary
Frontal nerve — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = nervus frontalis GraySubject = 200 GrayPage = 887 Caption = Dissection showing origins of right ocular muscles, and nerves entering by the superior orbital fissure. Caption2 = Nerves of the orbit. Seen from… … Wikipedia
Frontal bone — Bone: Frontal bone Frontal bone highlighted in red Latin os frontale Gray s … Wikipedia
Orbit — In medicine, the orbit is the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits. * * * The bony cavity containing the eyeball and its adnexa; it is formed of parts of seven bones: the frontal, maxillary, sphenoid, lacrimal, zygomatic, ethmoid, and palatine… … Medical dictionary
Frontal vein — Infobox Vein Name = Frontal vein Latin = venae frontales GraySubject = 167 GrayPage = 644 Caption = Veins of the head and neck. (Frontal vein labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = DrainsFrom = DrainsTo = Artery = frontal branch of superficial… … Wikipedia
Frontal bone — The large bone that makes up the forehead and supplies the upper edge and roof of the orbit (eye socket). The frontal bone articulates (comes together) with a number of other bones including the parietal, nasal, ethmoid, maxillary, and zygomatic… … Medical dictionary
frontal eminence — noun either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit • Hypernyms: ↑bulge, ↑bump, ↑hump, ↑swelling, ↑gibbosity, ↑gibbousness, ↑jut, ↑prominence, ↑protuberance, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
frontal sinus — noun one of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone • Hypernyms: ↑sinus * * * noun : either of two air spaces lined with mucous membrane that lie within the frontal bone above the orbit on each side … Useful english dictionary
