Open AccessAn Osteologic Study of Cranial Opening of Optic Canal in Gujarat Region
Author(s) -
Binita Purohit,
Pooja Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/22110.8929
Subject(s) - optic canal , anatomy , skull , optic nerve , meninges , sphenoid bone , biology , medicine , pathology
Optic canal is a bony canal situated in between the roots of lesser wings of sphenoid, lateral to body of sphenoid. It transmits optic nerve and ophthalmic artery, surrounded by meninges. Various authors have studied variations in skull foramina and correlated clinically, as variants in the body structures have been found to be associated with many inherited or acquired diseases.