Orbital fissure

The orbital fissure is an opening in the mammalian sphenoid bone . In ruminants and pigs it is fused with the foramen rotundum to form the foramen orbitorotundum . In humans, a distinction is made between an inferior orbital fissure and a superior orbital fissure .

literature

• F.-V. Salomon: Bony skeleton . In: Salomon, F.-V. ua (Hrsg.): Anatomie für die Tiermedizin. Enke-Verlag, Stuttgart, 2nd edition 2008, pp. 37–110. ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1