Supraorbital foramen

Bone: Supraorbital foramen
The skull from the front. ("Supraorbital foramen" is top caption for right side white-box.)
Frontal bone. Outer surface. ("Supraorbital notch or foramen" labeled at lower right arch.)
Latin	foramen supraorbitale
Gray's	subject #46 186
MeSH

The supraorbital foramen is a bony elongated path located above the orbit (eye socket) and under the forehead. The supraorbital foramen lies directly under the eyebrow.

The supraorbital foramen arches transversely below the superciliary arches and is the upper part of the margin of the orbit, thin and prominent in its lateral two-thirds, rounded in its medial third, and presenting, at the junction of these two portions, the supraorbital notch or foramen for the supraorbital nerve and vessels (supraorbital artery and supraorbital vein.)

See also

• Foramina of skull
• Frontal bone

Additional images

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  Frontal bone. Inner surface.

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  Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones.

External links

• SUNY Figs 22:02-01 (from a distance)
• SUNY Labs 29:os-0504 (close up)
• Supraorbital+foramen at eMedicine Dictionary
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34256.000-1
• Diagram at upstate.edu
• Diagram at csuchico.edu

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.