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Definition of Orbital cavity

1. Noun. The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball.

Definition of Orbital cavity

1. Noun. (anatomy) An eye socket. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Orbital cavity

1. 1. The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon. 2. An orb or ball. "Roll the lucid orbit of an eye." (Young) 3. The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated. 4. The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird. Origin: L. Orbita a track or rut made by a wheel, course, circuit, fr. Orbis a circle: cf. F. Orbite. See Orb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Orbital cavity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"orbital cavity. Situated at the side of the head, at the point corresponding ... Thus completed, the orbital cavity has the form of a regular hollow cone, ..."

2. Ophthalmic surgery: A Handbook of the Surgical Operations on the Eyeball and by Josef Meller (1912)
"Exenteration of the orbital cavity.—The removal of all the contents of the orbit for the extirpation of malignant neoplasms, whether of the orbit itself or ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"... which forms the outer part of the floor of the orbital cavity, and overlaps a part of the orbital process of the superior maxillary bone. ..."

4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"The origin of the inferior oblique lies near the anterior margin of the orbital cavity, entirely away from the other muscles which move the eyeball. ..."

5. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Within the orbital cavity it gives numerous twigs to the deep surface of the lacrimal gland, and sends downwards a filament which connects it with the ..."

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