[Anatomy] Just a reminder: supraorbitals and infraorbitals don't exist

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This is absolute water, so this will be a very low effort thread.

Some greys/blues on this site might believe, as I have previously, that infraorbitals and supraorbitals are distinct bones. In reality, the infraorbital is the combination of the inner-facing part of the zygomatic bone and the outer-facing corner of the maxilla. The supraorbital bone is simply the absolute bottom of the frontal bone.

The orbitals as a whole are more complex, and are the intersections of multiple bones(7, in fact).

330px-Orbital_bones.png


The 7 bones forming the orbit, in no particular order:
  • Yellow: Frontal bone
  • Red: Spenoid
  • Purple: Maxillla
  • Aqua(right of sphenoid, on top of maxilla): Palatine bone
  • Brown: Ethmoid bone
  • Blue: Zygomatic bone
  • Green: Lacrimal bone
The teal-colored part is the nasal bone, and is not part of the orbit.
 
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This is absolute water, so this will be a very low effort thread.

Some greys/blues on this site might believe, as I have previously, that infraorbitals and supraorbitals are distinct bones. In reality, the infraorbital is the combination of the inner-facing part of the zygomatic bone and the outer-facing corner of the maxilla. The supraorbital bone is simply the absolute bottom of the frontal bone.

The orbitals as a whole are more complex, and are the intersections of multiple bones(7, in fact).

330px-Orbital_bones.png


The 7 bones forming the orbit, in no particular order:
  • Yellow: Frontal bone
  • Red: Spenoid
  • Purple: Maxillla
  • Aqua(right of sphenoid, on top of maxilla): Palatine bone
  • Brown: Ethmoid bone
  • Blue: Zygomatic bone
  • Green: Lacrimal bone
The teal-colored part is the nasal bone, and is not part of the orbit.
Water

It's a name of the region
And even greys are using these terms right
 
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who cares you nerd
 
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I said it was water twice

It would be useful for some people to know the actual anatomy of these regions

They're using the the terms right, but greys absolutely do not know the actual anatomy of these regions
Yeah i just dnr
but good thread overall
 
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This is absolute water, so this will be a very low effort thread.

Some greys/blues on this site might believe, as I have previously, that infraorbitals and supraorbitals are distinct bones. In reality, the infraorbital is the combination of the inner-facing part of the zygomatic bone and the outer-facing corner of the maxilla. The supraorbital bone is simply the absolute bottom of the frontal bone.

The orbitals as a whole are more complex, and are the intersections of multiple bones(7, in fact).

330px-Orbital_bones.png


The 7 bones forming the orbit, in no particular order:
  • Yellow: Frontal bone
  • Red: Spenoid
  • Purple: Maxillla
  • Aqua(right of sphenoid, on top of maxilla): Palatine bone
  • Brown: Ethmoid bone
  • Blue: Zygomatic bone
  • Green: Lacrimal bone
The teal-colored part is the nasal bone, and is not part of the orbit.
mirin info
 
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Is it really relevant to distinguish bones that are fused, does it have any practical purpose?
 
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Is it really relevant to distinguish bones that are fused, does it have any practical purpose?
There are teens under the age of 16 on this forum(including myself). The zygo-related sutures pictured here all fuse about 60 years after that. However, this does not mean that you can play with these sutures at absolutely any age because interdigitation starts mid-puberty. If you're past puberty(which you personally are), these sutures are significantly harder to manipulate.
 
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This is absolute water, so this will be a very low effort thread.

Some greys/blues on this site might believe, as I have previously, that infraorbitals and supraorbitals are distinct bones. In reality, the infraorbital is the combination of the inner-facing part of the zygomatic bone and the outer-facing corner of the maxilla. The supraorbital bone is simply the absolute bottom of the frontal bone.

The orbitals as a whole are more complex, and are the intersections of multiple bones(7, in fact).

330px-Orbital_bones.png


The 7 bones forming the orbit, in no particular order:
  • Yellow: Frontal bone
  • Red: Spenoid
  • Purple: Maxillla
  • Aqua(right of sphenoid, on top of maxilla): Palatine bone
  • Brown: Ethmoid bone
  • Blue: Zygomatic bone
  • Green: Lacrimal bone
The teal-colored part is the nasal bone, and is not part of the orbit.
High IQ

Mirin
 
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