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The morphology and morphometry of the so-called "meningo-orbital foramen" in humans.
Folia morphologica - 1 Nov 2003
Kwiatkowski Jan, Wysocki Jarosław, Nitek Stanisław
Abstract excerpt
The so-called meningo-orbital foramen creates an additional link between the orbit and the cranial cavity. This bony canal, not always present in the human skull, contains a branch from the middle meningeal artery, providing an accessory blood supply to the orbit. This vessel, like the foramen, is characterised by great variability. Although older textbooks of basic anatomy suggested that it was a rare...
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