orbital part of frontal bone
A zone of the frontal bone that consists of two thin triangular plates, the orbital plates, which form the vaults of the orbits, and are separated from one another by a median gap, the ethmoidal notch. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_part_of_frontal_bone ]
Synonyms: pars orbitalis (os frontale), pars orbitalis ossis frontalis
Term info
pars orbitalis
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UBERON:0011627
Orbital part of frontal bone
Term relations
- lateral structure
- zone of bone organ
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some basicranium
- in lateral side of some basicranium
- part of some tetrapod frontal bone