Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 7

A Study of Occurrence and Morphometric Analysis on Meningo Orbital Foramen

Saveetha Dental College, Chennai

*Corresponding Author E-mail: ashu.anjana04@gmail.com

Online published on 15 October, 2016.

Abstract

To study the occurrence and morphometric analysis on meningo-orbital foramen.

Foramen meningo-orbital is present in the greater wing of sphenoid bone close to superior orbital fissure. It is a site of anastomoses between the orbital branch of middle meningeal artery and recurrent meningeal branch of ophthalmic artery. It was stated that it is a rare occurrence. But nowadays there is frequent incidence of this foramen.

This study is conducted to improve our knowledge about the occurrence of the meningo-orbital foramen in the skull which may be of surgical significance to ophthalmologist, neurosurgeons and radiologists.

Keywords

Meningo-orbital foramen, dry skulls, incidence, superior orbital fissure, neurosurgeons