English

Noun

eye socket ‎(plural eye sockets)

1. (anatomy) The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.

Meronyms

• (bones making up the eye socket) frontal bone, zygomatic bone, maxilla, sphenoid bone, ethmoid bone, palatine bone, lacrimal bone

Synonyms

• cranial orbit
• orbit
• orbital cavity

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