Anatomical data

Abstract

In this chapter, we treat anatomical details relevant to the understanding of the transorbital intracranial injuries. Both orbits and the lamina cribrosa between them form an area of minimal resistance in the cerebrum’s bony protection, through which a penetrating agent can easily reach parts of the brain situated behind and above the orbits. The orbit’s anatomy has a significant effect on the development of a transorbital brain injury, so let us review several salient features of importance for the neurosurgeon. We shall not go into an exhaustive description of the orbit’s anatomy. This can be found for example in Winckler [120] and Lagrange [121].