Periorbita
Periosteum lining the walls of the bony orbit
Periorbita | |
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Eye | |
Orbit | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | periorbita |
TA98 | A15.2.07.002 |
TA2 | 470 |
FMA | 59351 |
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
The periorbita is the area around the orbit. Sometimes it refers specifically to the layer of tissue surrounding the orbit that consists of periosteum.[1][2] However, it may refer to anything that is around the orbit, such as in periorbital cellulitis.
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The orbit of the eye
- Frontal bone
- Zygomatic bone
- Maxillary bone
- Sphenoid bone
- Ethmoid bone
- Palatine bone
- Lacrimal bone
- Superior rectus muscle
- Inferior rectus muscle
- Lateral rectus muscle
- Medial rectus muscle
- Superior oblique muscle
- Inferior oblique muscle