The orbit Flashcards
1
Q
What are the bones that the orbit is made of? 7 bones
A
- frontal
- sphenoid: small and large wings
- lacrimal
- ethmoid
- maxilla
- zygomatic
- palatine
2
Q
What are the 4 walls of the orbit?
A
Superior or roof of the orbit
inferior orbit or floor
Internal
External
3
Q
The roof wall?
A
- Lesser wing of the sphenoid bone
- Frontal bone
4
Q
What are the anatomical features in the roof wall?
A
- Lacrimal gland fossa
- trochlear fovae
5
Q
How thick is the roof?
A
1 mm
6
Q
The outer wall?
A
- The frontal
- the zygomatic
- the graeter wing
7
Q
which wall is the thickest and strongest?
A
the outer wall
8
Q
Anatomical features near the outer wall?
A
- Whitnall’s tubercle: attachment to the external palpebral ligament
9
Q
The floor?
A
- the orbital process of the palatine bone
- the zygoma
- the pyramidal process of the maxilla
10
Q
How thick is the floor?
A
0.5 mm
11
Q
which floor is the fragile one?
A
The floor
12
Q
The inner wall?
A
- the lacrimal bone
- frontal
- lateral surface of the sphenoid bone
- Ethmoid
13
Q
What is the special feature of the lacrimal bone
A
- The posterior lacrimal crest:
anterior part: lacrimal sac
posterior part
14
Q
What is the structure that is attached to the anterior lacrimal crest?
A
- the internal palpebral ligament
15
Q
What are the part of orbital rim? - base
A
- The upper
- The lower
- the outer
- The inner
16
Q
The upper orbital rim?
A
- Frontal
17
Q
The outer orbital rim?
A
- Frontal
- zygomatic
18
Q
The lower OR?
A
- The zygoma
- The maxilla
19
Q
The inner orbital rim?
A
- Frontal
- maxilla