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Orbital cavity   /ˈɔrbətəl kˈævəti/   Listen
Orbital cavity

noun
1.
The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball.  Synonyms: cranial orbit, eye socket, orbit.






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"Orbital cavity" Quotes from Famous Books



... gaining a clear comprehension of the diseases of the eye it becomes necessary to review the anatomy of this important organ. The essential organ of vision, or globe of the eye, will be first described, then its receptacle or orbital cavity, the muscles that move it, the protective membranes, or eyelids, the membrana nictitans, or accessory eyelids, and, ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture

... on the whole the least serious, but this mainly from the fact of limitation of the injury to one orbital cavity. They were usually produced by bullets passing from above downwards through the frontal region of the cranium, and were received by the patients ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins



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