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foramen zygomaticoorbitale (par)

Identification
Official Latin term foramen zygomaticoorbitale ossis zygomatici (par)
Official subsidiary term zygomaticoorbital foramen of zygomatic bone (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U723
Unit type pair
Materiality immaterial
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Link to the unit foramen zygomaticoorbitale (par)
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Partonomic links Level 2: ossa cranii Short Extended
Level 3: os zygomaticum (par)
Taxonomic links Level 1: complexus anatomicus Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: canalis anatomicus Short Extended
Level 3: canalis cranii
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Taxonomic definition
Encyclopedic definition either of the two openings on the orbital surface of each zygomatic bone, which transmit branches of the zygomatic branch of the trigeminal nerve and branches of the lacrimal artery.
THIS foramen zygomaticoorbitale
Genus THIS isa canalis cranii
Defining property 1 THIS isForamenof ( orbital surface of zygomatic bone, inferomedial )
Defining property 2 THIS isContainerof zygomaticofacial nerve
Defining property 3 THIS hasTerminationin zygomaticofacial foramen Invalid 723 Invalid 724
Defining property 4 THIS isContainerof zygomaticotemporal nerve
Defining property 5 THIS hasTerminationin zygomaticotemporal foramen Invalid 723 Invalid 725
Autogenerated definition A zygomaticoorbital foramen is a cranial canal [canalis cranii] which is an inferomedial [inferomedialis] foramen of orbital surface of zygomatic bone [facies orbitalis ossis zygomatici] and contains zygomaticofacial nerve [nervus zygomaticofacialis] and is terminated in zygomaticofacial foramen [foramen zygomaticofaciale] and contains zygomaticotemporal nerve [nervus zygomaticotemporalis] and is terminated in zygomaticotemporal foramen [foramen zygomaticotemporale]
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
corpus humanum top
TAH:U259
systema skeletale SOS
TAH:U268
systema skeletale axiale SOS
TAH:U402
ossa cranii XOS
TAH:U715
os zygomaticum (par) UOX
TAH:U723 foramen zygomaticoorbitale (par) PEU
Taxonomy
Date: 18.12.2025