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) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 TAO:0001410 ]
Synonyms: eye socket bony orbit orbit of skull
Term information
- NCIT:C12347
- GAID:223
- ZFA:0001410
- FMA:53074
- XAO:0003171
- Wikipedia:Orbit_(anatomy)
- MESH:D009915
- galen:Orbit
- BTO:0004687
- TAO:0001410
- MA:0002482
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Term relations
- lateral structure
- subdivision of skeleton
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some orbital region
- part of some facial skeleton
- location of some camera-type eye
- BSPO_0000126 some facial skeleton