Supraorbital foramen (notch)

Study entry

Description

A foramen or notch in the supra-orbital margin, present only in some skulls.

Relations

The supra-orbital nerve and vessels pass through it. It lies on a vertical line with the infra-orbital foramen and the mental foramen, through which the main sensory nerves of the face pass.

Source: cap. 8, «Cráneo»

Other structures in this region

• Squamous part of the frontal bone
• Orbital part of the frontal bone
• Glabella
• Superciliary arch
• Supraorbital margin
• Frontal eminence
• Frontal crest
• Foramen cecum