Orbital part of frontal bone

Orbital part of frontal bone

Frontal bone. Outer surface. (The Pars orbitalis is the bottom third.)

Frontal bone. Inner surface. (The Pars orbitalis is the bottom third.)
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Identifiers
Latin pars orbitalis ossis frontalis
TA A02.1.03.022
FMA 52849

Anatomical terminology

The orbital or horizontal part of the frontal bone (pars orbitalis) consists of two thin triangular plates, the orbital plates, which form the vaults of the orbits, and are separated from one another by a median gap, the ethmoidal notch.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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