Medical Definition of Fissura orbitalis inferior

1. A cleft between the greater wing of the sphenoid and the orbital plate of the maxilla, through which pass the maxillary division and the orbital branch of the trigeminal nerve, fibres from the pterygopalatine (Meckel's) ganglion, and the infraorbital vessels. Synonym: fissura orbitalis inferior, sphenomaxillary fissure. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fissura Orbitalis Inferior

fissura antitragohelicina
fissura cerebri lateralis
fissura choroidea
fissura collateralis
fissura dentata
fissura hippocampi
fissura horizontalis cerebelli
fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri
fissura ligamenti teretis
fissura ligamenti venosi
fissura longitudinalis cerebri
fissura mediana anterior medullae oblongatae
fissura mediana anterior medullae spinalis
fissura obliqua pulmonis
fissura orbitalis inferior (current term)
fissura orbitalis superior
fissura parietooccipitalis
fissura petro-occipitalis
fissura petrosquamosa
fissura petrotympanica
fissura posterolateralis
fissura prima cerebelli
fissura pterygoidea
fissura pterygomaxillaris
fissura pterygopalatina
fissura secunda cerebelli
fissura sphenopetrosa
fissura transversa cerebelli

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