bony socket of eye

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• socket — SYN: gomphosis. 1. The hollow part of a joint; the excavation in one bone of a joint which receives the articular end of the other bone. 2. Any hollow or concavity into which another part …   Medical dictionary

• bony — [[t]bo͟ʊni[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Someone who has a bony face or bony hands, for example, has a very thin face or very thin hands, with very little flesh covering their bones. ...an old man with a bony face and white hair... He poked a… …   English dictionary

• eye socket — noun The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit: frontal bone Syn: cranial orbit, orbit, or …   Wiktionary

• eye socket — noun the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑orbit, ↑cranial orbit, ↑orbital cavity • Derivationally related forms: ↑orbital (for: ↑orbit) …   Useful english dictionary

• eyeball — eye•ball [[t]ˈaɪˌbɔl[/t]] n. 1) anat. the globe of the eye enclosed by the bony socket and eyelids 2) cvb inf Informal. to examine closely • Etymology: 1580–90 …   From formal English to slang

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• orbit — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin orbita, from Latin, rut, track, probably from orbis Date: 15th century the bony socket of the eye • orbital adjective II. noun Etymology: Latin orbita path, rut, orbit Date: 1696 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• skeletal system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  the internal skeleton that serves as a framework for the body. This framework consists of many individual bones (bone) and cartilages (cartilage). There also are bands of fibrous connective tissue the ligaments (ligament)… …   Universalium

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