Orbital anatomy (illustration)

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis not applicable
Diagram

Annotated anterior view of the orbit and contents. Image by Patrick Lynch. See case discussion for further information. 

 

Case Discussion

Anterior view of the orbit demonstrates extraocular muscles, superior orbital fissure and content of the intraconal space.

The initial image was created by Patrick Lynch and made available under CC license through Wikimedia commons here

In addition to cropping and labels the location and course of the abducens nerve were changed to better reflect its position in the superior orbital fissure. 

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