Bones and Ligaments | Skull: Anterior View
Frontal bone
Definition: The frontal bone is the bone that forms the forehead and roof over most of the cranial structure.
Shape: The frontal bone is shaped in accordance with the region situated both above the orbits and between the lateral lobes of the skull.
Location: The frontal bone is located along the upper axes of the head, and it is serially positioned at the anterior of the skull. It is above the orbits and eye cavities.
Function: The frontal bone serves as protection for the brain and general head matter, and the frontal bone houses the orbits of the eye as well as the nasal cavity.
Glabella
Definition: The glabella is the smooth prominence that is located between the eyebrows.
Shape: The glabella is shaped as an acutely parted trapezoidal form of dynamic structural variance.
Location: The glabella is situated about its three-dimensional geometric space as a ‘bridge’ between the two eye cavities of the human skull.
Function: The glabella functions as structural support for the eyes and nose of the skull as well as the whole of the cranium’s incorporant congruous anatomy.
Supra-orbital notch
Definition: The supra-orbital notch is a foramen, or ‘opening’, in the bony upper border surface of the eye cavity that is situated in the middle of that orbit, or ‘eye cavity’, border.
Shape: The supra-orbital notch is small and round, and its form is defined by its open and facilitating structure.
Location: The supra-orbital notch is located along the bone about the eye where the eyebrows would be found parallel by alignment.
Function: The supra-orbital notch serves as the passage for the supraorbital nerve, supraorbital artery, and supraorbital vein.
Orbital surface
Definition: The orbital surface is the surface lining the occipital cavity where the eyes of the human body’s anatomy are found.
Shape: The orbital surface is shaped as one would consider an egg-formed mass that has been reversed to construct a mold that is able to house the oblate spheroid geometry of the eye. The orbital surface is liken unto the exact frame as an oblate spheroid.
Location: The orbital surface is located throughout the whole of the eye cavity where the eye would be structurally housed.
Function: The orbital surface functions as the structural housing for the eyeball and all of the facilitating physiological components that go along with its occipital morphology.
Coronal suture
Definition: The coronal suture is the suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones.
Shape: The coronal suture is shaped as a linearity that spans the crown of the head.
Location: The coronal suture is located around and about the crown of the head.
Function: The coronal suture is the suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones.
Nasal bone
Definition: The nasal bone is the bone composed of the two bones which are found in the skull of vertebrates where fissures are positioned at the anterior of the frontal bones.
Shape: The nasal bone is shaped as an oblong form in the human skull due to its morphology forming the junction between the bridge of the nose as well as part of the bone covering the nasal cavity.
Location: The nasal bone is located between the eyes and below the glabella.
Function: The nasal bone functions as the main structural support and housing for the nose.
Lacrimal bone
Definition: The lacrimal bone is the small thin bone making up part of the front inner wall of each orbit and providing a groove for the passage of the lacrimal ducts.
Shape: The lacrimal bone is shaped as an abstract sectioning that carries its three-dimensional geometry along the prose of a relatively small but highly dynamic inner wall construction.
Location: The lacrimal bone is located along the inner axes of the orbit. It is directly behind the nasal bone by the three-dimensional geometries of approximate positioning.
Function: The lacrimal bone functions as structural support for the orbit as well as the inner osteological matrices of the eye’s supporting architecture.
Zygomatic bone
Definition: The zygomatic bone is the bone of the face situated below the eye that, in mammals, forms part of the zygomatic arch as well as part of the orbit.
Shape: The zygomatic bone is shaped as a highly dynamic three dimensional construction which morphologically shapes to the structural architecture housed directly along the outer laterals of the eye cavity.
Location: The zygomatic bone is located next to the orbits of the skull.
Function: The zygomatic bone functions as structural support and protection for the orbits as well as the frontal areas of the face.
Frontal process
Definition: The frontal process of the zygomatic bone is the bone that articulates along with the lower forward frontal bone. The frontal process of the zygomatic bone forms part of the lateral orbit, and the frontal process of the zygomatic bone articulates with the rear sphenoid bone posteriorly.
Shape: The frontal process of the zygomatic bone is shaped as an abstract longitudinal wall along the outer lateral form of the orbital.
Location: The frontal process of the zygomatic bone is located along the exterior of the orbital cavity where the outer wall of its morphology meets with the beginning portions of the anterior lateral skull.
Function: The frontal process functions as structural support for the skull as well as the musculature that is formed about its dual morphological and physiological capacity.
Orbital surface
Definition: The orbital surface of the zygomatic bone is the outer positioned inner surface lining the occipital cavity where the eyes of the human body’s anatomy are found.
Shape: The orbital surface of the zygomatic bone is shaped as one would consider an egg-formed mass that has been reversed to construct a mold that is able to house the oblate spheroid geometry of the eye. The orbital surface of the zygomatic bone is liken unto the approximate frame as an oblate spheroid.
Location: The orbital surface of the zygomatic bone is located along the outer anterior lateral form of the eye cavity where the eye would be structurally housed.
Function: The orbital surface of the zygomatic bone functions in part as the structural housing for the eyeball and all of the facilitating physiological components that go along with its occipital morphology.
Temporal process
Definition: The temporal process of the zygomatic bone is the process of the zygomatic bone that develops toward the posterior of the lower lateral skull and also forms part of the zygomatic arch.
Shape: The temporal process of the zygomatic bone is shaped as a ‘stunted’ linearity which matches the curvature of the skull’s lateral cheek morphology.
Location: The temporal process of the zygomatic bone is located from the initial portions of the zygomatic arch forward into the full morphology of the zygomatic bone.
Function: The temporal process of the zygomatic bone functions as a processual structural support for the skull’s face morphology as well as any of the physiological capacities which are directly and indirectly associated to that aforewritten structure.
Zygomaticofacial foramen
Definition: The zygomaticofacial foramen is the opening in the zygomatic bone that gives passage to the zygomatic branch of the maxillary nerve.
Shape: The zygomaticofacial foramen is shaped as a small pointed opening allowing of its analogously named neurological process - the zygomatic nerve.
Location: The zygomaticofacial foramen is located about the zygomatic bone where the lower outer lateral orbit greets its curvature with the larger lateral processes of the skull. The zygomaticofacial foramen is found along the emphasized skeletal form dubbed as the cheek bones.
Function: The zygomaticofacial foramen functions as the passage for the zygomatic nerve which branches from the maxillary nerve - or ‘upper jaw’ nerve.
Maxilla
Definition: The maxilla is the bone composed of the two bones that lie on each side of the upper jaw. It is lateral to the premaxilla, and, in higher vertebrates, the maxilla bears most of the teeth.
Shape: The maxilla is shaped as a symmetrical structure which houses the skeleton’s odontological processes as well as the facial frame for the upper skull.
Location: The maxilla is located in the front of the face beneath the positioning of the orbits where the mandible meets the upper fame of the skull by locomotion and static capacity.
Function: The maxilla functions as the ‘upper jaw’ of the skull.
Zygomatic process
Definition: The zygomatic process of the maxilla is any of several bony processes that enter into or strengthen the zygomatic arch.
Shape: The zygomatic process of the maxilla is shaped as a cheek bone that forms to the rear of the upper jaw as an elongation that develops toward the lateral skull.
Location: The zygomatic process of the maxilla is located along the lateral sectioning of the skull.
Function: The zygomatic process of the maxilla functions as a connective structure which facilitates the structural physiology of the skull’s full morphology by way of general anatomical instrumentation.
Orbital surface
Definition: The orbital surface of the maxilla is defined as the portion of the eye cavity that is a part of the form of the upper jaw.
Shape: The orbital surface of the maxilla is shaped along the floor of the eye cavity where the morphology of the skull’s mouth extends backward into the leveling dynamics of the upper skull.
Location: The orbital surface of the maxilla is located at the base of the eye cavity, and it extends from the inner wall of the skull outward as far as its morphology spans.
Function: The orbital surface of the maxilla functions as structural support for the upper jaw as well as the eye, in part, due to its structural presence about the eye cavity’s architecture.
Infra-orbital foramen
Definition: The infra-orbital foramen of the maxilla is an opening in the maxillary bone that is situated just below the lower rim of the orbit that gives passage to the infraorbital artery, nerve, and vein.
Shape: The infra-orbital foramen of the maxilla is shaped as a minute opening that is sized specifically for neurological pathway development and processing.
Location: The infra-orbital foramen of the maxilla is located in the osteological morphology found below the orbit and next to the nasal cavity.
Function: The infra-orbital foramen of the maxilla functions as a facilitating passage way for the infra-orbital nerve.
Frontal process
Definition: The frontal process of the maxilla is the long plate that is part of the maxillary bone which contributes to the formation of the lateral part of the nose and the nasal cavity.
Shape: The frontal process of the maxilla is shaped as a longitudinal form about which the maxilla’s morphology develops in a processually downward direction.
Location: The frontal process of the maxilla is located next to the nasal cavity.
Function: The frontal process of the maxilla functions as structural support for the face as well as the whole of the cranial form and morphology.
Alveolar process
Definition: The alveolar process of the maxilla is the bony ridge or raised thickened border of the upper or lower jaw that contains the sockets for the skull’s teeth.
Shape: The alveolar process of the maxilla is shaped as a rounded circular arc that is lined with indentations from the oral cavity and is emphasized by its symmetrical proportioning.
Location: The alveolar process of the maxilla is located above the upper row of teeth in the upper jaw of the skull.
Function: The alveolar process of the maxilla functions as the facilitating morphology for the skull’s upper jaw and subsequent odontology.
Anterior nasal spine
Definition: The anterior nasal spine of the maxilla is the nasal spine that is formed by the processual union of the two premaxillae. The anterior nasal spine projects upward between the anterior nares.
Shape: The anterior nasal spine of the maxilla is shaped as a linear form that extends from the nasal cavity to the upper row of teeth in the upper jaw - termed, again, as the ‘maxilla’.
Location: The anterior nasal spine of the maxilla is located below the nasal cavity.
Function: The anterior nasal spine of the maxilla functions as a structural result of the skull’s development and is also an architectural centerpiece of the oral cavity’s morphological composition.
Parietal bone
Definition: The parietal bone is a morphological structure that is composed of a pair of bones which form the roof of the skull between the frontal bones and the occipital bones.
Shape: The parietal bone is shaped as a relatively large portion of the skull which extends from the posterior border of the frontal bone to the rear of the cranium where the occipital bone is positioned.
Location: The parietal bone is located atop the skull as the largest sectioning of its morphological form.
Function: The parietal bone functions as structural support and protection for the skull.
Nasion
Definition: The nasion is the middle point of the nasofrontal suture situated along the intermediary of the upper nasal bone.
Shape: The nasion is shaped as a symmetrically situated bridge which is rounded and positioned geometrically between the eyes.
Location: The nasion is located between the glabella and the bridge of the nose.
Function: The nasion functions as a craniometric point on the skull where the frontal bone and the nasal bones meet.
Sphenoidal bone
Definition: The sphenoidal bone is the winged compound bone found at the base of the cranium.
Shape: The sphenoidal bone is shaped as a symmetrical osteological form situated in the middle of the skull’s upper cranium as a morphological structure which geometrical resembles a butterfly.
Location: The sphenoidal bone is located directly behind the eyes.
Function: The sphenoidal bone functions as structural support for the skull as well as a point of neurological passageway for integral nerves and blood vessels.
Lesser wing
Definition: The lesser wing of the sphenoidal bone is the anterior triangular process on each side of the sphenoid bone which is in front of and much smaller than the corresponding greater wing.
Shape: The lesser wing of the sphenoidal bone is shaped about the body of the osteological form around the head of where the optic canal is found. The lesser wing is shaped as a three-sided supporting process at the ‘top’ of the sphenoid’s symmetry.
Location: The lesser wing of the sphenoidal bone is located at the lower regions of where the frontal bone meets the parietal bone. Within the internal matrices of the skull, the lesser wing forms a significant mass about the junction described above.
Function: The lesser wing of the sphenoidal bone functions as structural support for the whole of the cranium’s internal cavity.
Greater wing
Definition: The greater wing of the sphenoidal bone is the broad curved winglike expanse on each side of the sphenoid bone.
Shape: The greater wing of the sphenoidal bone is shaped as a comparatively large structure when considering the other components of the sphenoidal bone that bridges beyond the internal symmetry of the sphenoidal bone by way of an axial girdle geometry.
Location: The greater wing of the sphenoidal bone is located at the exterior of the bone’s form where its dichotomy manifests as a dual composed structure.
Function: The greater wing of the sphenoidal bone functions as structural support for the cranium as well as the arterial, veinal, and neurological processes that conduct about its form.
Temporal bone
Definition: The temporal bone is the compound on the side of the skull.
Shape: The temporal bone is shaped as a highly dynamic and abstract form about the lower cranium’s morphology.
Location: The temporal bone is located along the lower lateral sections of the skull.
Function: The temporal bone functions as structural support for the cranium as well as the facilitating blood and nerve vessels of the entirety of the skull.
Ethmoidal bone
Definition: The ethmoidal bone is the light spongy cubical bone forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits.
Shape: The ethmoidal bone is shaped as a symmetrical walnut-like form situated behind the centering axes of the nasal cavity.
Location: The ethmoidal bone is located directly behind the nose.
Function: The ethmoid bone directly serves the physiological and morphological conduction of the skull’s neurological facilitation of the senses by way of its keystone location about a major sensory junction within the skull - the nose, mouth, and throat.
Orbital plate
Definition: The orbital plate of the ethmoidal bone is the thin plate of bone forming the lateral wall enclosing the ethmoidal air cells and forming part of the side of the orbit next to the nose.
Shape: The orbital plate of the ethmoidal bone is shaped as a rounded surface that lines the area behind the bridge of the nose.
Location: The orbital plate of the ethmoidal bone is located along the inner lateral symmetry of the orbital cavity.
Function: The orbital plate of the ethmoidal bone functions as structural support for the ethmoidal bone as well as the internal cavities morphologically purposed for the eye.
Perpendicular plate
Definition: The perpendicular plate of the ethmoidal bone is the flattened bony lamina of the ethmoid bone that is the largest part assisting in forming the nasal septum.
Shape: The perpendicular plate of the ethmoidal bone is shaped as a flattened dorsal linearity which spans along a significant longitudinality of the ethmoidal bone’s geometry.
Location: The perpendicular plate of the ethmoidal bone is located along the lower portions of the bone’s morphological position and emphasizes the symmetrical form of the bone by way of its vertical linearity.
Function: The perpendicular plate of the ethmoidal bone functions as a structural support and facilitating component to the whole of the ethmoidal bone’s morphology and physiological role as an assisting structure to the skull’s neurological and circulatory capacities.
Middle nasal concha
Definition: The middle nasal concha of the ethmoidal bone is the lower of two thin bony processes of the ethmoid bone on the lateral wall of each nasal fossa that separates the superior and middle meatuses of the nose.
Shape: The middle nasal concha of the ethmoidal bone is shaped as an elongation that accompanies the perpendicular plate by its part downward extension from the ethmoid bone.
Location: The middle nasal concha of the ethmoidal bone is located parallel to the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone.
Function: The middle nasal concha of the ethmoidal bone functions as a major structural and physiological support for the nasal cavity and the body’s respiratory processes.
Inferior nasal concha
Definition: The inferior nasal concha is the separate curved bony plate that is the largest of the three nasal concha structures and separates the inferior and middle meatuses of the nose.
Shape: The inferior nasal concha is shaped as a morphological form facilitated below the generic ‘walnut’ symmetry of the ethmoidal bone.
Location: The inferior nasal concha is located above the roof of the oral cavity.
Function: The inferior nasal concha functions as a major structural and physiological support for the nasal cavity and the body’s respiratory processes.
Vomer
Definition: The vomer is the bone of the skull of most vertebrates that is situated below the ethmoid region and in the human skull forms part of the nasal septum.
Shape: The vomer is shaped as an elongated heart that extends from the face to the intermediary axes of the inner cranium.
Location: The vomer is located between the roof of the mouth and the symmetries of the sphenoidal bone.
Function: The vomer functions as a major structural and physiological support for the nasal cavity and the body’s respiratory processes.
Mandible
Definition: The mandible is the lower jaw consisting of a single bone or of completely fused bones.
Shape: The mandible is shaped as a lower form that morphologically conducts about the bottom of the cranium as an axially wrent osteological mechanic of full skeletal musculature.
Location: The mandible is located along the bottom half of the skull as the lower part of the jaw.
Function: The mandible functions as the jaw of the skull. It is where the mechanic of oral locomotion is housed and facilitated.
Ramus
Definition: The ramus of the mandible is the more or less posterior vertical part on each side of the lower jaw that articulates with the skull.
Shape: The ramus of the mandible is shaped as a relatively linear form that extends from the base of the mandible to the cranial joint upon which it rotates and conducts the mandibles movement and locomotion.
Location: The ramus of the mandible is located at the posterior end of the base of the mandible and exists at the lower anterior section of the cranium.
Function: The ramus of the mandible functions as an integral part of the osteological structure which is the mandible per its ascribed status as the only process about its form that connects directly with the cranium.
Body
Definition: The body of the mandible is the main part of the lower jaw consisting of a single bone or of completely fused bones.
Shape: The body of the mandible is shaped about the lower jaw’s full form and includes all of the jaw except the vertical matrices which connect to the cranium.
Location: The body of the mandible is located along the lower tooth-lined curved lineature of the oral cavity.
Function: The body of the mandible functions as the morphologically housing for the skull’s lower row of teeth as well as the anterior section for the face and its structurally situated oral cavity.
Mental foramen
Definition: The mental foramen of the mandible is an opening that conducts the passage of blood vessels and nerves on the outside of the lower jaw on each side near the chin.
Shape: The mental foramen of the mandible is shaped as a small opening large enough to facilitate the passage of blood vessels as well as neurological structures and communication.
Location: The mental foramen of the mandible is located along the lateral surface of the mandible’s main body.
Function: The mental foramen of the mandible functions as the morphologically positioned structure which permits blood and nerve activity along and about the mandible’s form via its role as a ‘window’ in the morphology of the mandibular region.
Mental tubercle
Definition: The mental tubercle of the mandible is the prominence on each side of the mental protuberance of the mandible.
Shape: The mental tubercle of the mandible is shaped as an emphasized section of bone that articulates the prominent sections of the mandible.
Location: The mental tubercle of the mandible is located at the pointedly positioned whole form of the chin.
Function: The mental tubercle of the mandible functions as a dual morphological-physiological advantage because of the increased structural stability and accompanying capacity for survival via the sensory capacity that it conducts upon the body.
Mental protuberance
Definition: The mental protuberance of the mandible is the bony prominence at the front of the lower jaw forming the chin.
Shape: The mental protuberance of the mandible is shaped as a significantly prominent section emphasized by its unimorphic structure and construction about the mandible.
Location: The mental protuberance of the mandible is located directly at the end of the chin.
Function: The mental protuberance of the mandible functions as a dual morphological-physiological advantage because of the increased structural stability and accompanying capacity for survival via the sensory capacity that it conducts upon the body.
Right orbit: frontal and slightly lateral view
Definition: The right orbit is the eye cavity in respect to the body’s natural modality of forward facing conduction.
Shape: The right orbit is shaped as an oblate spheroid.
Location: The right orbit is located to the right of the nasal cavity in respect to the body’s forward facing orientation being the determining factor on which side is to be labeled as such considering the body’s dynamic geometric form.
Function: The right orbit functions as the dual morphological and physiological structural housing for the eye and its accompanying occipital functions.
Orbital surface of the frontal bone
Definition: The orbital surface of the frontal bone is found at the roof of the cavity within the cranium that houses the eyeball.
Shape: The orbital surface of the frontal bone is shaped as a curved flattened form situated along the roof of the eye cavity.
Location: The orbital surface of the frontal bone is located within the eye cavity along the bottom osteological walling of what would house the brain.
Function: The orbital surface of the frontal bone functions as structural support and physiological aid to the occipital neurology of the brain as well as the whole of the skull’s general morphological structure.
Orbital surface of the lesser wing of the sphenoidal bone
Definition: The orbital surface of the lesser wing of the sphenoidal bone is a surface found within the occipital anatomy’s housing of the eye cavity that forms an anterior triangular process on each side of the sphenoid bone in front of and much smaller than the corresponding greater wing.
Shape: The orbital surface of the lesser wing of the sphenoidal bone is shaped as a winged expanse at the anterior of the eye cavity.
Location: The orbital surface of the lesser wing of the sphenoidal bone is located along the upper anterior axes of the orbit.
Function: The orbital surface of the lesser wing of the sphenoidal bone functions as a structural support for the eye cavity that is processually integral for the passage of necessary neurological forms to conduct their function about the facilitating occipital physiologies situated between the orbit and the occipital lobe.
Superior orbital fissure
Definition: The superior orbital fissure of the right orbit is the opening situated above the greater and lesser wing of the sphenoid bone.
Shape: The superior orbital fissure of the right orbit is shaped as an opening that forms a relatively significant portion of the expanse that reaches backward into the cranium where blood vessel and nerve facilitation surfaces as the conducting communicating physiology that morphologically exists along the skull’s occipital form.
Location: The superior orbital fissure of the right orbit is located at the rear of the orbital.
Function: The superior orbital fissure of the right orbit functions as one of the ‘gateways’ into the orbit from the rear of the cranium.
Optic canal (foramen)
Definition: The optic canal (foramen) of the right orbit is 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.
Shape: The optic canal (foramen) of the right orbit is shaped as an opening that houses a rounded morphology at the rear of the orbit.
Location: The optic canal (foramen) of the right orbit is located toward the inner wall of the orbit along the wrought osteological cranial tract parallel to the sphenoidal bone.
Function: The optic canal (foramen) of the right orbit functions as the passageway through which the occipital lobe conducts its neurological processuations.
Orbital surface of the greater wing of the sphenoidal bone
Definition: The orbital surface of the greater wing of the sphenoidal bone is the surface found within the occipital anatomy’s housing of the eye cavity along a broad curved winglike expanse on each side of the sphenoid bone.
Shape: The orbital surface of the greater wing of the sphenoidal bone is shaped as a significant anterior portion of the orbit cavity that extends downward from the intermediary reaches of the cranium.
Location: The orbital surface of the greater wing of the sphenoidal bone is located at the rear of the eye cavity which structurally houses the orbits of the eye cavity.
Function: The orbital surface of the greater wing of the sphenoidal bone functions as a supporting and facilitating structure for the morphological and physiological conditions of the eye cavity.
Orbital surface of the zygomatic bone
Definition: The orbital surface of the zygomatic bone is the surface found within the occipital anatomy’s housing of the eye cavity. It is positioned along a bone in the face below the eye that in mammals forms part of the zygomatic arch and part of the orbit.
Shape: The orbital surface of the zygomatic bone is shaped as a curved surface situated along the outer sections of the orbit where inner walls of the eye cavity correlate directly with the morphological structure of the cheeks and face.
Location: The orbital surface of the zygomatic bone is located along the lower exterior curvature of the eye cavity.
Function: The orbital surface of the zygomatic bone functions as the lower supporting structure of the orbit which facilitates the architecturally processuate housing granting of where the eye cavity is able to conduct blood vessel and neurology about its lower anterior and lower posterior portions - as well as select sections toward the rear that are positioned about a vertical orientation in respect to the orbit’s oblate spheroid geometry.
Zygomaticofacial foramen
Definition: The zygomaticofacial foramen of the right orbital is the opening in the zygomatic bone that gives passage to the zygomaticofacial branch of the zygomatic nerve.
Shape: The zygomaticofacial foramen of the right orbital is shaped as a pointedly small opening located along the zygomatic osteology of the skull’s cheek bone structure.
Location: The zygomaticofacial foramen of the right orbital is located just below the orbit where the osteology of its morphological significance meets the lower bones of its anterior outer form. The foramen is found significantly forward of the zygomatic arch.
Function: The zygomaticofacial foramen of the right orbital functions as the opening which facilitates the morphological and physiological passage of blood vessels and nerves to and throughout the cranium.
Inferior orbital fissure
Definition: The inferior orbital fissure of the right orbital is the opening situated inferiorly between the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
Shape: The inferior orbital fissure of the right orbital is shaped as a relatively small opening that is abstractly symmetrical in geometry and three-dimensional configuration.
Location: The inferior orbital fissure of the right orbital is located at the lower posterior of the orbit and operates morphologically in direct tandem with the sphenoidal bone and the ethmoidal bone to form the architectural housing of the eye cavity.
Function: The inferior orbital fissure of the right orbital functions as a facilitating passageway for orbit oriented neurology and any associated circulatory vessels.
Infra-orbital groove
Definition: The infra-orbital groove of the right orbit is in the middle of the posterior part of the bony floor of the orbit, and it gives passage to the infra-orbital artery, vein, and nerve.
Shape: The infra-orbital groove of the right orbit is shaped as an elongated indentation that extends anterior into and along the morphological form of the maxilla.
Location: The infra-orbital groove of the right orbit is located at the rear of the orbit where the maxilla extends posterior into the relative intermediary axes of the cranium.
Function: The infra-orbital groove of the right orbit functions as a passage into the orbit for the infra-orbital artery, vein, and nerve.
Supra-orbital notch
Definition: The supra-orbital notch of the right orbit is the notch, or foramen, in the bony border of the upper inner part of the orbit serving for the passage of the supraorbital nerve, artery, and vein.
Shape: The supra-orbital notch of the right orbit is shaped as a rounded opening that is of relative capacity for blood vessel and nerve facilitation.
Location: The supra-orbital notch of the right orbit is found about the middle of the upper bony border of the orbit where the eyebrows would be found along the dermal tissue.
Function: The supra-orbital notch of the right orbit functions as a passageway for nerves and blood vessels to branch into the upper facial region of the cranium.
Posterior ethmoidal foramina
Definition: The posterior ethmoidal foramina of the right orbit are the small openings, perforations, or orifices at the rear of the light spongy cubical bone which is the ethmoidal bone that forms much of the walls of the nasal cavity as well as part of those of the orbits.
Shape: The posterior ethmoidal foramina of the right orbit are minutely shaped as the small openings of round points just barely visible beyond a pinpoint measures comparison.
Location: The posterior ethmoidal foramina of the right orbit are located at the rear of the orbit along the inner walls of the eye cavity lining the posterior osteological sections behind the nasal cavity.
Function: The posterior ethmoidal foramina of the right orbit function as minute complexes permitting of access to the orbit for blood vessels and nerves.
Anterior ethmoidal foramina
Definition: The anterior ethmoidal foramina of the right orbit are the small openings, perforations, or orifices at the front of the light spongy cubical bone forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits.
Shape: The anterior ethmoidal foramina of the right orbit are shaped as the small openings positioned forward of the posterior ethmoidal foramina.
Location: The anterior ethmoidal foramina of the right orbit are located forward of their posterior counterpart in relation to the intermediary axes of the cranium oriented in relation to the nasal cavity.
Function: The anterior ethmoidal foramina of the right orbit function as minute complexes permitting of access to the orbit for blood vessels and nerves.
Orbital plate of ethmoidal bone
Definition: The orbital plate of the ethmoidal bone of the right orbit is the thin plate of bone which forms the lateral wall enclosing the ethmoidal air cells and part of the side of the orbit next to the nose.
Shape: The orbital plate of the ethmoidal bone is shaped as a lateral curvature primarily positioned along the vertices of the inner eye cavity.
Location: The orbital plate of the ethmoidal bone is located next to the nasal cavity along the inner wall of the eye cavity.
Function: The orbital plate of the ethmoidal bone functions as structural support for the orbit, and it conducts blood and nerve processuations about its morphological form with respect to the physiology of the orbit.
Lacrimal bone
Definition: The lacrimal bone of the right orbit is the bone that houses part of the facilitating structure of glands that produce tears.
Shape: The lacrimal bone of the right orbit is shaped as an abstract vertical structure which is relatively small in comparison to the architecture of the rest of the eye cavity.
Location: The lacrimal bone of the right orbit is located near the inner anterior sections of the orbit just before where the nasal cavity connects to the exterior skull formations of orbit.
Function: The lacrimal bone of the right orbit functions as a supporting structure for the orbit as well as the tear conducting faculties of the eye and the eye cavity.
Fossa for the lacrimal sac
Definition: The fossa for the lacrimal sac of the right orbit is the anatomical pit, groove, or depression of the dilated ovular upper end of the nasolacrimal duct. It is situated in a groove formed by the lacrimal bone and the frontal process of the maxilla. It is closed at its upper end and also receives the lacrimal duct by processual dynamics.
Shape: The fossa for the lacrimal sac of the right orbit is shaped as an elongated indentation that spans the length of the inner wall of the orbit along the walls of the inner orbit.
Location: The fossa for the lacrimal sac of the right orbit is located along the inner wall of the posterior of the nasal cavity.
Function: The fossa for the lacrimal sac of the right orbit functions as a housing for the orbit’s tear conducting facilities.
Orbital process of the palatine bone
Definition: The orbital process of the palatine bone of the right orbit is the process of the palatine bone that forms part of the floor of the orbit.
Shape: The orbital process of the palatine bone of the right orbit is one half of the posterior bone formation seen in respect to the maxilla, or ‘upper jaw’. It is shaped as a ‘bat-like’ formation.
Location: The orbital process of the palatine bone of the right orbit is located right of the cranium’s center axes and is housed underneath the base of the cranium’s latitudinal floor.
Function: The orbital process of the palatine bone of the right orbit functions as a structurally supporting segment of the skull’s morphology.
Orbital surface of the maxilla
Definition: The orbital surface of the maxilla of the right orbi is the surface found within occipital anatomy’s housing of the eye cavity which is found along either of the two bones that lie one each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bears most of the teeth.
Shape: The orbital surface of the maxilla of the right orbit is shaped as a floor curvature positioned about the lower sections of the eye cavity.
Location: The orbital surface of the maxilla of the right orbit is located along the lower positioned curvature of the orbits flooring where the osteological morphology extends rearward toward the posterior sections of the cavity.
Function: The orbital surface of the maxilla of the right orbit functions as structural support for the eye cavity as well as the housing osteological forms positioned about its dual accompanying occipital and olfactory processes
Infra-orbital foramen
Definition: The infra-orbital foramen of the right orbit is the opening in the maxillary bone just below the lower rim of the orbit that gives passage to the infraorbital artery, nerve, and vein.
Shape: The infra-orbital foramen of the right orbit is shaped as a pointed rounded formation housing of facilitating structure conducting of nerve and blood vessels.
Location: The infra-orbital foramen of the right orbit is located below the anterior orbit adjacent to the nasal cavity.
