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optic foramina

optic foramina is the plural of optic foramen.

Meaning of optic foramen

Noun

optic foramen (plural optic foramina)

  1. Either of a pair of passages through the orbit of the eye in the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone that is traversed by the optic nerves and ophthalmic arteries.

Questions about optic foramina

What is optic foramina the plural of?
Optic foramina is the plural of optic foramen.

Words near optic foramina in the dictionary

  1. optic disc
  2. optic discs
  3. optic disk
  4. optic disks
  5. optic foramen
  6. optic foramina
  7. optic nerve
  8. optic nerves
  9. optic neuritis
  10. optic stand
  11. optic stands

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