Infraorbital margin

Infraorbital margin
Infraorbital margin
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Skull, anterior view, with infraorbital margin labeled in red.
Latin margo infraorbitalis

The infraorbital margin is the lower margin of the orbita.

Structure

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

It is an attachment for the levator labii superioris muscle.



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