Some features of the optical canal in adults

Abstract

Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Studying orbit we paid attention that axes of right and left optic canals cross upon the hypophyseal fossa and located near the lateral and inferior walls of the orbit. Moreover, that axes are projected on the petrosal part of the temporal bone containing semicircular canals of the internal ear. It suggest an idea that functional linkage of visual and vestibular analyzers presented by J. Szentágothai (1942), probably, reflects in the structure of bony formation of above-mentioned sensory organs. Investigation of the optic canal anatomy and embryology were studied by a large number of researcher. Nonetheless, the optic canal geometry as the topical issue of topometric and three-dimensional anatomy has not yet been sufficiently investigated.