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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