Medical Definition of Optic groove

1. The groove on the upper surface of the sphenoid bone running transversely between the optic canals bounded anteriorly by the sphenoidal limbus and posteriorly by the tuberculum sellae; forms in relationship to the optic chiasm. Synonym: sulcus prechiasmatis, chiasmatic sulcus, optic groove, prechiasmatic sulcus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Optic Groove

optic ataxia
optic atrophy
optic axis
optic canal
optic capsule
optic chiasm
optic chiasma
optic decussation
optic disc
optic disk
optic disk drusen
optic fissure
optic foramen
optic glioma
optic groove (current term)
optic layer
optic lobe
optic nerve
optic nerve diseases
optic nerve drusen
optic nerve glioma
optic nerve head
optic nerve meningioma
optic nerve sheath decompression
optic nerve sheath fenestration
optic nerves
optic neuritis
optic neuroma

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