Question

The young boxer has sustained a blowout fracture of his left orbital complex. the orbit that contains the eye is formed by seven facial bones. which skull bone forms the roof of the orbit?

Answer 1

The frontal bone.

A blowout fracture is one where the orbit of the eye socket is damaged. This type of fracture is usually accompanied by double vision, depressed ocular globes and loss of feeling in the cheeks. Bones other than the frontal bone which are responsible for the structure of the eye socket are the zygomatic bone and the maxilla.