Information about Supraorbital Foramen
| Bone: Supraorbital foramen | ||
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| The skull from the front. ("Supraorbital foramen" is top caption on right side.) | ||
| Frontal bone. Outer surface. ("Supraorbital notch or foramen" labeled at bottom right.) | ||
| Latin | foramen supraorbitale | |
| subject #46 186 | ||
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_12/12373739 | |
The supraorbital foramen arches transversely below the superciliary arches and is the upper part of the margin of the orbit, thin and prominent in its lateral two-thirds, rounded in its medial third, and presenting, at the junction of these two portions, the supraorbital notch or foramen for the supraorbital nerve and vessels (supraorbital artery and supraorbital vein.)
See also
Additional images
Frontal bone. Inner surface. | Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. |
External links
- SUNY Figs 22:02-01 (from a distance)
- SUNY Labs 29:os-0504 (close up)
- Supraorbital+foramen at eMedicine Dictionary
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34256.000-1
- Diagram at upstate.edu
- Diagram at csuchico.edu
Foramina of the skull (and canals and fissures) | |
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| Foramina | cecum - ethmoidal (anterior, posterior) - incisive - jugular - lacerum - magnum - mandibular - mastoid - mental - optic - orbital (infraorbital, supraorbital) - ovale - palatine (greater, lesser) - parietal - rotundum - sphenopalatine - spinosum - stylomastoid - zygomaticofacial - zygomaticotemporal |
| Canals | carotid - condylar - hypoglossal - incisive - pterygoid |
| Fissures | orbital (inferior, superior) - petrotympanic |
| other | external acoustic meatus - internal acoustic meatus - cribriform plate |
skull is a bony structure found in many animals which serves as the general framework for the head. The skull supports the structures of the face and protects the head against injury.
The skull can be subdivided into two parts: the cranium and the mandible.
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The skull can be subdivided into two parts: the cranium and the mandible.
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Official language of: Vatican City
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Functions
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superciliary arches; these are prominent medially, and are joined to one another by a smooth elevation named the glabella. The superciliary arches are more prominent in men
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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The supraorbital nerve is a terminal branch of the frontal nerve.
It passes through the supraorbital foramen, and gives off, in this situation, palpebral filaments to the upper eyelid.
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It passes through the supraorbital foramen, and gives off, in this situation, palpebral filaments to the upper eyelid.
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The supraorbital artery is an artery of the head.
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Course
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The supraorbital vein begins on the forehead where it communicates with the frontal branch of the superficial temporal vein.
It runs downward superficial to the Frontalis muscle, and joins the frontal vein at the medial angle of the orbit to form the angular vein.
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It runs downward superficial to the Frontalis muscle, and joins the frontal vein at the medial angle of the orbit to form the angular vein.
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bone location foramen vessels nerves
frontal - supraorbital foramen supraorbital artery, supraorbital vein supraorbital nerve
frontal anterior cranial fossa foramen cecum emissary veins to superior sagittal sinus -
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frontal - supraorbital foramen supraorbital artery, supraorbital vein supraorbital nerve
frontal anterior cranial fossa foramen cecum emissary veins to superior sagittal sinus -
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The frontal bone is a bone in the human skull that resembles a cockleshell in form, and consists of two portions:
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- a vertical portion, the squama frontalis, corresponding with the region of the forehead.
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skull is normally made up of 22 bones. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures, synarthrodial (immovable) joints formed by bony ossification, with Sharpey's fibres permitting some flexibility.
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The occipital bone, a saucer-shaped membrane bone situated at the back and lower part of the cranium, is trapezoid in shape and curved on itself. It is pierced by a large oval aperture, the foramen magnum, through which the cranial cavity communicates with the vertebral canal.
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In anatomy, in the occipital bone, the foramen magnum (Latin: 'great hole') is one of the several oval or circular apertures in the base of the skull (the foramina), through which the medulla oblongata (an extension of the spinal cord) enters and exits the skull vault.
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The squama of the occipital bone, situated above and behind the foramen magnum, is curved from above downward and from side to side.
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The inion is the most prominent projection of the occipital bone at the lower rear part of the skull. The ligamentum nuchae and trapezius muscle attach to it.
The term external occipital protuberance (protuberantia occipitalis externa
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The term external occipital protuberance (protuberantia occipitalis externa
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The nuchal lines are four curved lines on the external surface of the occipital bone:
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- The upper, often faintly marked, is named the highest nuchal line, and to it the galea aponeurotica is attached.
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planum occipitale (or occipital plane), and is covered by the Occipitalis muscle.
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planum nuchale (or nuchal plane), is rough and irregular for the attachment of several muscles.
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internal occipital protuberance.
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See also
- external occipital protuberance
External links
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-2
- Diagram at uni-mainz.
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sagittal sulcus, the edges of which unite below to form a ridge, the frontal crest; the sulcus lodges the superior sagittal sinus, while its margins and the crest afford attachment to the falx cerebri.
It also is part of the parietal, and occipital bones.
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It also is part of the parietal, and occipital bones.
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internal occipital crest; it bifurcates near the foramen magnum and gives attachment to the falx cerebelli; in the attached margin of this falx is the occipital sinus, which is sometimes duplicated.
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occipital bone: Foramen magnum | Squama occipitalis (Inion | Nuchal lines | Planum occipitale | Planum nuchale | Internal occipital protuberance | Sagittal sulcus | Internal occipital crest) | Lateral parts (Hypoglossal canal | Condyloid fossa | Condyloid canal | Jugular process |
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The hypoglossal canal is a bony canal in the occipital bone of the skull that transmits the hypoglossal nerve from its point of entry near the medulla oblongata to its exit from the base of the skull near the jugular foramen.
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Behind either condyle of the lateral parts of occipital bone is a depression, the condyloid fossa (or condylar fossa), which receives the posterior margin of the superior facet of the atlas when the head is bent backward; the floor of this fossa is sometimes perforated by
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