Medical Dictionary

orbital plate

noun

Medical Definition of ORBITAL PLATE

1
:  the part of the frontal bone forming most of the top of the orbit
2
:  a thin plate of bone forming the lateral wall enclosing the ethmoidal air cells and forming part of the side of the orbit next to the nose

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