Medical Dictionary

optic foramen

noun

Medical Definition of OPTIC FORAMEN

:  the passage through the orbit of the eye in the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone that is traversed by the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery—called also optic canal; see chiasmatic groove

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