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Medial wall of orbit

medial wall of orbit

The thin, rectangular wall of the orbit formed by the orbital plate of the ethmoid, lacrimal, frontal and a small part of the sphenoid bones; the fossa for the lacrimal sac lies at its anterior limit.

Synonym: paries medialis orbitae.


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