Orbit 1 Flashcards
What 5 things are found in the orbit?
- Eyeballs
- Muscles
- Nerves
- Fat
- Most of the lacrimal apparatus
What bone forms the superior margin of the orbit?
Frontal bone
What 2 bones form the lateral margin of the orbit?
- Zygomatic process of frontal
2. Frontal process of zygomatic
What 2 bones form the medial margin of the orbit?
- Maxillary process of frontal
2. Frontal process of maxillary
What 2 bones form the inferior margin of the orbit?
- Zygoma
2. Maxilla
What bone forms the roof of the orbit?
Orbital plate of frontal bone
What 2 bones forms the lateral wall of the orbit?
- Zygoma
2. Greater wing of sphenoid
What bone forms the floor of the orbit?
Orbital plate of maxilla
What 4 bones form the medial wall of the orbit?
- Frontal process of maxilla
- Lacrimal bone
- Orbital plate of ethmoid
- Sphenoid
Name 4 opening into the orbital cavity
- Supraorbital foramen
- Inferior orbital fissure
- Superior orbital fissure
- Optic canal
What 2 things pass through the supraorbital foramen?
- Supraorbital nerve
2. Supraorbital blood vessels
What 2 things pass through the inferior orbital fissure?
- Maxillary nerve
2. Inferior ophthalmic nerve
What 4 nerves pass through the superior orbital fissure?
- Oculomotor
- Trochlear
- Abducent
- Ophthalmic of trigeminal
What are the 3 branches of ophthalmic of trigeminal?
- Lacrimal
- Frontal
- Nasociliary
What vein passes through the superior orbital fissure?
Superior ophthalmic vein
What 2 things pass through the optic canal?
- Optic nerve
2. Ophthalmic artery
What is the conjunctiva?
A mucous membrane that lines the eyelid and is reflected at superior and inferior fornices onto anterior surface of eyeballs