ethmoidal foramen


eth·moi·dal fo·ra·men

[TA] either of two foramina formed in the medial wall of the orbit by grooves on either edge of the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone, and completed by similar grooves on the ethmoid bone: anterior ethmoidal foramen, located in an anterior position; posterior ethmoidal foramen located in a posterior position. Synonym(s): foramen ethmoidale (anterior et posterior) [TA]

ethmoidal foramen

A space in the suture between the frontal and ethmoid bones in the medial wall of the orbit of the skull through which the ethmoidal nerve and artery pass. Synonym: anterior ethmoid foramen, anterior ethmoidal foramen, ethmoidal foramenSee also: foramen

eth·moi·dal for·a·men

(eth-moydăl fōr-āmĕn) [TA] Either of two foramina formed in the medial wall of the orbit by grooves on either edge of ethmoidal notch of frontal bone, and completed by similar grooves on ethmoid bone.