General view of orbit, eye and optic pathway to lateral geniculate body
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Image #56-5
Dissection of left orbit from a lateral approach
General view of orbit, eye and optic pathway to lateral geniculate body
The eye has been sectioned in a sagittal plane and the sheath of the optic nerve cut away. The optic nerve (7) and the opthalmic artery(10) are visible passing through the optic canal which has been opened by removal of the anterior clinoid process. The sphenoid sinus extended into this process and has been cut open inferior to the opthalmic artery. The dissection of areas in the lower part of the view is shown in detail elsewhere.