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Infraorbital margin

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Infraorbital margin
Skull, anterior view, with infraorbital margin labeled in red.
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Identifiers
Latinmargo infraorbitalis
TA98A02.1.00.072
TA2476
FMA53177
Anatomical terminology

The infraorbital margin is the lower margin of the eye socket.

Structure

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It consists of the zygomatic bone and the maxilla, on which it separates the anterior and the orbital surface of the body of the maxilla.

Function

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It is an attachment for the levator labii superioris muscle.