superior orbital fissure

superior orbital fissure

n.

A cleft between the greater and the lesser wing of the sphenoid, through which pass the oculomotor and trochlear nerves, the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve, the abducens nerve, and the ophthalmic veins.

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superior orbital fissure,

an elongated cleft between the small and great wings of the sphenoid bone, which transmits cranial nerves 3, 4, and 6 and the first division of cranial nerve 5 and the ophthalmic vein.