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  Caption The seven bones which articulate to form the orbit<BR>yellow = Frontal Bone <BR>blue = Zygomatic Bone <BR>purple = Maxillary Bone <BR>red = Sphenoid Bone <BR>brown = Ethmoid Bone <BR>aqua = Palatine Bone <BR>green = Lacrimal Bone
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In Anatomy , the orbit is the cavity or socket of the Skull in which the Eye and its Appendages are situated.

It can also mean the skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.


CONTENTS



BONES


In Humans , seven bones make up the bony orbit:


FORAMINA AND OPENINGS

# Optic Foramen
# Superior Orbital Fissure
# Inferior Orbital Fissure
# Anterior Ethmoid Foramen
# Posterior Ethmoidal Foramen
# Infraorbital Foramen
# Supraorbital Foramen
# Naso-lacrimal Canal Opening
# Zygomatic Orbital Foramen


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