Superior orbital fissure
The superior orbital fissure is a foramen or cleft of the skull between the lesser and greater wings of the sphenoid bone. It gives passage to multiple structures, including the oculomotor nerve, trochlear nerve, ophthalmic nerve, abducens nerve, ophthalmic veins, and sympathetic fibres from the cavernous plexus.
| Superior orbital fissure | |
|---|---|
Orbit seen from the front, with bones labeled in different colors, and superior orbital fissure at center as an "hour-glass" formation. | |
1 Foramen ethmoidale, 2 Canalis opticus, 3 Fissura orbitalis superior, 4 Fossa sacci lacrimalis, 5 Sulcus infraorbitalis, 6 Fissura orbitalis inferior, 7 Foramen infraorbitale | |
| Details | |
| Part of | sphenoid bone |
| System | skeletal |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | fissura orbitalis superior |
| TA98 | A02.1.05.023 A02.1.00.083 |
| TA2 | 488 |
| FMA | 54799 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
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