Orbits Flashcards
The holes where the eyes go is called?
Orbits
Orbits are composed of what bones?
Frontal, Ethmoid, Lacrimal, zygomatic, sphenoid, maxilla
Ethmoid bones is part of the orbits is it anterior or posterior?
Posterior
Lacrimal bones is part of the orbits is it anterior or posterior?
Anterior
In the orbits the frontal bone is located where?
Superior wall
What creates the median wall in the orbits?
Ethmoid and Lacrimal
What creates the lateral wall of orbit?
Zygomatic and sphenoid bones
What creates the inferior wall of the orbit/floor of the orbit?
Maxilla
What bone is the apex of the orbit?
Sphenoid bone
What is the weakest part of the orbit?
Maxilla bone/inferior wall (floor)
What is a fissure?
Opening in bone that is narrow and cleft like
What cranial nerves go through the superior orbital fissure?
III, IV, V, VI (3, 4, 5, 6)
Nerve V and how many roots/trunks?
3, (V1, V2, V3)
What vein drains the superior orbital fissure?
Ophthalmic vein (superior)
What drains muscles of extra-occular movement?
Ophthalmic vein (superior)