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What does supraorbital mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) Located immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located.
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The supraorbital torus is lost in most modern humans, and ridging above the orbits in general is very reduced.
The supratrochlear nerve exits along the upper border of the orbit, approximately 1 cm medial to the supraorbital foramen.
With the patient looking directly ahead, palpate the supraorbital notch above the midline pupil in the mid-to-lower eyebrow.
Either mechanical tapping or electrical stimulation of the supraorbital regions may evoke the blink reflex.
During my dissection, I found that the muscle had a broad-based origin from near the midline to the supraorbital notch.
The posterior edge of the frontal is bilobate owing to the strongly notched exit of the supraorbital canal on to the parietal.

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