Complete Definition of "eye socket"

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Noun

eye socket

  1. anatomy The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit:

#:frontal bone
#:zygomatic bone
#:maxilla
#:sphenoid bone
#:ethmoid bone
#:palatine bone
#:lacrimal bone

Synonyms
cranial orbit
orbit
orbital cavity

Translations

Dutch: oogkas f
Finnish: silmäkuoppa
mid
French: orbite f
Russian: о�би�а (orbíta) f
Swedish: ögonhåla c

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