Medical Definition of Fissura orbitalis superior

1. A cleft between the greater and the lesser wings of the sphenoid establishing a channel of communication between the middle cranial fossa and the orbit, through which pass the oculomotor and trochlear nerves, the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve, the abducens nerve, and the ophthalmic veins. Synonym: fissura orbitalis superior, foramen lacerum anterius, sphenoidal fissure. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fissura Orbitalis Superior

fissura cerebri lateralis
fissura choroidea
fissura collateralis
fissura dentata
fissura hippocampi
fissura horizontalis cerebelli
fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri
fissura ligamenti teretis
fissura ligamenti venosi
fissura longitudinalis cerebri
fissura mediana anterior medullae oblongatae
fissura mediana anterior medullae spinalis
fissura obliqua pulmonis
fissura orbitalis inferior
fissura orbitalis superior (current term)
fissura parietooccipitalis
fissura petro-occipitalis
fissura petrosquamosa
fissura petrotympanica
fissura posterolateralis
fissura prima cerebelli
fissura pterygoidea
fissura pterygomaxillaris
fissura pterygopalatina
fissura secunda cerebelli
fissura sphenopetrosa
fissura transversa cerebelli
fissura transversa cerebri

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