Subdivision of skeleton that is an anterolateral part of the cranium and structurally supports the eye. Includes bones formed and located in sclerotic layer of eyeball. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_(anatomy) TAO:0001410 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: eye socket bony orbit orbit of skull
Term information
- MA:0002482
- XAO:0003171
- BTO:0004687
- Wikipedia:Orbit_(anatomy)
- NCIT:C12347
- GAID:223
- MESH:D009915
- FMA:53074
- UMLS:C0029180 (ncithesaurus:Orbit)
- TAO:0001410
- galen:Orbit
- ZFA:0001410
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Anatomical cluster that is a anterolateral part of the cranium and structurally supports the eye.[TAO]
in FMA, this overlaps with bones such as the maxilla and sphenoid; in ZFA, individual bones are part of the orbit
Term relations
- neural crest-derived structure
- subdivision of skeleton
- lateral structure
- part of some orbital region
- part of some facial skeleton
- in lateral side of some facial skeleton
- location of some camera-type eye