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optic foramen

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Main Entry: optic foramen
Function: noun
: the passage through the orbit of the eye in the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone that is traversed by the optic nerve andophthalmic artery called also optic canal; —see CHIASMATIC GROOVE
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optic foramen n.
See optic canal.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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