optic foramen

optic foramen
optic foramen n the passage through the orbit of the eye in the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone that is traversed by the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery called also optic canal see CHIASMATIC GROOVE

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the groove in the top of the orbit that contains the optic nerve and the ophthalmic artery.

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foramen opticum canalis opticus.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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