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An opening or notch on the superior orbital rim. Situated in the frontal bone. Its form varies between skulls.
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Supraorbital foramen / notch: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
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Supraorbital foramen / notch
Understand what you see.
An opening or notch on the superior orbital rim.
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How to recognise it.
- An opening or notch on the superior orbital rim
- Situated in the frontal bone
- Its form varies between skulls
Point them out.
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Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.
01Identify supraorbital foramen / notch and justify your identification.+
An opening or notch on the superior orbital rim. Situated in the frontal bone. Its form varies between skulls.
02What passes through it?+
The supraorbital nerve and vessels. The nerve is a branch of the frontal nerve from ophthalmic division V1.
03Which area receives sensation from the supraorbital nerve?+
Part of the upper eyelid, forehead and anterior scalp; distribution overlaps neighbouring sensory nerves.
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Credited anatomical plates, microscopy and university teaching references. Individual image credits appear below the viewer. Historical plates can use older terminology; use the lesson text for current names.