The skull from the front. (Label for inferior orbital fissure is at center right.)
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| colspan="2" |Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities. (Label for inferior orbital fissure is at center right.)
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|Latin
|colspan="2"|f. orbitalis inferior
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|System
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|Precursor
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|MeSH
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|Dorlands/Elsevier
|colspan="2"|[f_08/12365602]
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The lateral wall and the floor of the orbit are separated posteriorly by the inferior orbital fissure which transmits the maxillary nerve and its zygomatic branch, the infraorbital vessels, and the ascending branches from the sphenopalatine ganglion.