page_title: Infraorbital groove
hierarchical_section_title: Infraorbital groove
caption_attribution_description: Left superior maxillary bone, outer surface.
context_page_description: The infraorbital groove is located in the middle of the posterior part of the orbital surface of the maxilla. Its function is to act as the passage of the infraorbital vessels and nerve.
  The groove begins at the middle of the posterior border near the upper edge of the infratemporal surface and, passing forward, ends in a canal which subdivides into two branches.
context_section_description: The infraorbital groove (or sulcus) is located in the middle of the posterior part of the orbital surface of the maxilla. Its function is to act as the passage of the infraorbital vessels and nerve.
  The groove begins at the middle of the posterior border (with which it is continuous) near the upper edge of the infratemporal surface and, passing forward, ends in a canal which subdivides into two branches.
caption: Left maxilla. Outer surface. (Infra-orbital groove labeled at upper right.)
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