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NOTICE          (1) THIN WALLS → medial → ethmoid air sinuses; medial part of inferior wall → maxillary air sinus → superior → middle cranial fossa

                                   (2) THICK WALLS laterally & lateral part of inferior wall.



               The thin areas walls easily
               fractured  facial trauma.
                                                                       ANTERIOR     CRANIAL    FOSSA
                                                                                                                                                 ORBITAL PLATE
                                                                                                                                                 (FRONTAL BONE)
                                                                                                                                                                                      FRONTAL
                                                                                                CRISTA GALLI
                                                                                                  CRIBRIFORM                ETHMOID
                                                                                                  PLATE




                                                                                                ETHMOID                      ETHMOID
                                                                                                AIR                          AIR                  ORBIT
                                                              ORBIT                             SINUSES                      SINUSES                                                                                             HN 142














                                                    ZYGOMA                       MAXILLARY                                          MAXILLARY
                                                                                 AIR SINUS                           CAVITY         AIR SINUS
                                                                                                              NASAL











                                                                                                                                                                MAXILLA





                                                                                                              ORAL
                                                                                                              CAVITY





                                                                       BOUNDARIES OF THE ORBIT (3): CORONAL SECTION (SEMI-SCHEMATIC)
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