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Joanne C. Concepcion, MD
Department of Ophthalmology
BONY ORBIT
BORDERS OF THE BONY ORBIT
Superior
Medial
Nasal cavity
Ethmoidal air cells
Inferior
Lateral
BONY ORBIT
Socket for the eyeball, containing muscles,
nerves, fat and vessels
7 bones of the orbit
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Maxillary
Palatine
Frontal
Sphenoid
Zygomatic
Ethmoid
Lacrimal
BONY ORBIT
The bony orbit resembles a quadrilateral
pyramid
Base
Formed by the orbital margin
Directed forward, laterally, & slightly downward
Apex
Between the optic foramen & the medial end of
the superior orbital fissure
BONY ORBIT
The orbit is spheroidal
in form, developing
around the eye and
bulged out by the
lacrimal gland
The widest part is not
at the orbital margin
but 10-15mm behind
the anterior orbital rim
BONY ORBIT
ADULT ORBITAL DIMENSIONS
Volume
30cc
Entrance height
35mm
Entrance width
40mm
45mm
18mm
25mm
BONY ORBIT
Demarcations
1. Lateral
Frontozygomatic suture
Superior orbital fissure
2. Medial
Frontoethmoidal suture
Frontolacrimal suture
Frontomaxillary suture
ROOF
FrontLess
2. Trochlear fossa
3. Supraorbital notch
3. Ethmoid bone
(orbital plate)
4. Sphenoid bone
THINNEST bone of
the floor
2. Zygomatic
3. Palatine
FLOOR
mapz
CN III
CN IV
CN VI
CN V1 (ophthalmic)
Sympathetic nerve fibers
Superior ophthalmic vein
Adherent areas:
Orbital rim
Sutures
Fissures
Foramina
Canals
Orbital Septum
Orbital Fascia
EOMs
Annulus Of Zinn
Many venous
anastomoses drain
into PTERYGOID
PLEXUS
TRIGEMINAL NERVE
SENSORY INNERVATION
SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION
Provides pupillary dilation, vasoconstriction, &
hidrosis
Lateral group
Drains into
superficial
preauricular
lymph nodes