supraorbital
IPA: sˈuprʌˈɔrbʌtʌɫ
noun
- An ossification above the eye sockets.
adjective
- (anatomy) Located immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located.
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Examples of "supraorbital" in Sentences
- A study of the supraorbital nerve.
- Management of traumatic supraorbital neuroma.
- The supraorbital artery is an artery of the head.
- It is smaller than the nearby supraorbital nerve.
- Finally, the braincase bears a supraorbital crest.
- The eyes and supraorbital ridges are hardly elevated.
- The supraorbital foramen lies directly under the eyebrow.
- The roof of the braincase is marked by supraorbital shelves.
- The Supraorbital notch is a small groove at the top of the orbit.
- It is robust and bears well developed supraorbital ridges on the braincase.
- The roll of muscle above Ng's massive supraorbital ridge lowered in concentration.
- The skull conforms mainly to the northern European type -- blunt orbital margins, flat supraorbital ridges, depressed glabella.
- Right eyesocket (frontal view): the left arrow shows the bony protuberance of the supraorbital notch, and the right arrow shows the frontal notch.
- Right eyesocket (internal view): the left arrow shows the bony protuberance of the supraorbital notch, and the right arrow shows the frontal notch.
- "The bump, for example," says Bartsiokas, "is part of the opening in the skull's frontal bone called the supraorbital notch, through which a bundle of nerves and blood vessels pass."
- A slight crinkle to the nose to pass for Bajoran; pointed ears, peaked eyebrows, and a green tint to the skin for Vulcan, as well as a bit of supraorbital ridge to suggest Romulan when needed; and maybe even the recessed basin in the forehead to make him appear like a Cardassian spoon-head.
- There was a small hole where the occipital and parietal bones met at the back of his head but no corresponding exit wound in the frontal bone, although a small fragment appeared to have been dislodged from the supraorbital foramen, the ridge of bone above the right eye, by the emerging bullet.
- For some curious reason the nerves most frequently involved are those which are most readily accessible for this kind of treatment, namely, the long nerve-threads which run from the inner third of the eyebrow up the forehead and over the crown of the head (the so-called supraorbital or frontal branches).