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The seven bones that form the human orbit:
yellow = frontal bone
green = lacrimal bone
brown = ethmoid bone
blue = zygomatic bone
purple = maxilla
aqua = palatine bone
red = sphenoid bone

teal = nasal bone (illustrated but not part of the orbit)

These skulls are from a wild boar (the smaller skull) and an aurochs (a wild bovine; the larger skull). The eye sockets are the prominent roundish cavitities.

Alternative forms

eye-socket, eyesocket

Etymology

From eye +‎ socketCategory:English compound terms#EYESOCKET.

Pronunciation

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Noun

eye socket (plural eye sockets)Category:English lemmas#EYESOCKET Category:English nouns#EYESOCKET Category:English countable nouns#EYESOCKET Category:English multiword terms#EYESOCKET Category:English entries with incorrect language header#EYESOCKET Category:Pages with entries#EYE%20SOCKET Category:Pages with 1 entry#EYE%20SOCKET

(anatomy Category:en:Anatomy#EYESOCKET, ophthalmology Category:en:Ophthalmology#EYESOCKET) The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
Synonyms: cranial orbit, orbital cavity, orbit

Hypernyms: socket, holeCategory:English links with manual fragments#EYE%20SOCKET, cavityCategory:English links with manual fragments#EYE%20SOCKET, openingCategory:English links with manual fragments#EYE%20SOCKET

Near-synonyms: eyehole, eye-pit
The entire eyehole in the face: both the bony orbit and the flesh that surrounds it.
Hypernyms: socket, holeCategory:English links with manual fragments#EYE%20SOCKET, cavityCategory:English links with manual fragments#EYE%20SOCKET, openingCategory:English links with manual fragments#EYE%20SOCKET

Translations

socket of eye

Category:Entries with translation boxes#EYE%20SOCKET

Arabic: مِحْجَر m (miḥjar)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#EYESOCKET, حَجَاج m (ḥajāj)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#EYESOCKET
Armenian: ակնակապիճ (hy) (aknakapič)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#EYESOCKET
Azerbaijani: göz yuvasıCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#EYESOCKET, hədəqə (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#EYESOCKET, göz çuxuruCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#EYESOCKET
Basque: betzuloCategory:Terms with Basque translations#EYESOCKET, begi-zuloCategory:Terms with Basque translations#EYESOCKET
Bulgarian: о́чна кухина́ f (óčna kuhiná)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#EYESOCKET
Catalan: conca (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#EYESOCKET
Chinese:
Hokkien: 目空 (zh-min-nan) (ba̍k-khang)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#EYESOCKET

Mandarin: 眼窩 / 眼窝 (zh) (yǎnwō)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#EYE%20SOCKET Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#EYESOCKET, 眶 (zh) (kuàng, kuāng)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#EYE%20SOCKET Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#EYESOCKET
Cornish: kraw lagas mCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#EYESOCKET
Czech: oční důlek mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#EYESOCKET, očnice fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#EYESOCKET, oční jamka fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#EYESOCKET
Danish: øjenhule cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#EYESOCKET
Dutch: oogkas (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EYESOCKET, oogholte (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#EYESOCKET
Erzya: сельмеваря (śeľmevaŕa)Category:Terms with Erzya translations#EYESOCKET
Esperanto: kavo (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#EYESOCKET
Estonian: silmaaukCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#EYESOCKET, silmakoobasCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#EYESOCKET
Finnish: silmäkuoppa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#EYESOCKET, silmäaukkoCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#EYESOCKET
French: orbite (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#EYESOCKET, cavité oculaire fCategory:Terms with French translations#EYESOCKET, orbite crânienne fCategory:Terms with French translations#EYESOCKET, orbite de l'œil fCategory:Terms with French translations#EYESOCKET
Galician: cunca (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EYESOCKET
German: Augenhöhle (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#EYESOCKET; Orbita fCategory:Terms with German translations#EYESOCKET (scientific)
Greek: οφθαλμικός κόγχος m (ofthalmikós kónchos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#EYESOCKET
Hebrew: אֲרֻבַּת עַיִן f (arubát 'áin)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#EYESOCKET
Hungarian: szemüreg (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#EYESOCKET, szemgödör (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#EYESOCKET
Ido: orbito (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#EYESOCKET
Indonesian: orbita (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#EYESOCKET
Irish: log súile mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#EYESOCKET
Japanese: 眼窩 (ja) (がんか, ganka)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#EYESOCKET
Korean: 눈구멍 (ko) (nun'gumeong)Category:Terms with Korean translations#EYESOCKET, 안와 (ko) (anwa)Category:Terms with Korean translations#EYESOCKET
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کاڵانە (kallane)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#EYESOCKET

Northern Kurdish: kunka çavîCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#EYESOCKET

Southern Kurdish: بِلیاق (bilyaq)Category:Terms with Southern Kurdish translations#EYESOCKET
Latin: orbita ocularisCategory:Terms with Latin translations#EYESOCKET
Latvian: acs dobums mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#EYESOCKET, orbīta fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#EYESOCKET
Lithuanian: akiduobė (lt) fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#EYESOCKET
Manchu: ᠶᠠᠰᠠ ᡳ
ᡥᡡᠨᡨᠠᡥᠠᠨ (yasa-i hūntahan)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#EYESOCKET
Māori: kapeCategory:Terms with Māori translations#EYESOCKET
Marathi: नेत्रगुहा f (netraguhā)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#EYESOCKET
Mari:
Eastern Mari: орбите (orbite)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#EYESOCKET, шинчалаке (šinčalake)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#EYESOCKET, шинчарож (šinčarož)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#EYESOCKET
Norwegian:
Bokmål: øyehule m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#EYESOCKET

Nynorsk: augehole fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#EYESOCKET
Persian: چشمخانه (fa) sg (čašmxāne)Category:Terms with Persian translations#EYESOCKET, حدقه (fa) sg (hadaqe)Category:Terms with Persian translations#EYESOCKET, کاسهٔ چشم sg (kāse-ye čašm)Category:Terms with Persian translations#EYESOCKET
Polish: oczodół (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#EYESOCKET
Portuguese: órbita (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#EYESOCKET, cavidade ocular fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#EYESOCKET
Romanian: orbită (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#EYESOCKET, găvan (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#EYESOCKET
Russian: глазна́я впа́дина f (glaznája vpádina)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EYESOCKET, орби́та (ru) f (orbíta)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EYESOCKET, глазни́ца (ru) f (glazníca)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EYESOCKET
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: wóčnica fCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#EYESOCKET
Spanish: cuenca (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#EYESOCKET
Sundanese: kongkolakCategory:Terms with Sundanese translations#EYESOCKET
Swedish: ögonhåla (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#EYESOCKET
Tanana:
Lower Tanana: -nak'aCategory:Terms with Lower Tanana translations#EYESOCKET
Turkish: göz çukuru (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#EYESOCKET
Vietnamese: ổ mắt (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#EYESOCKET
Volapük: logakev (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#EYESOCKET
Welsh: pwll y llygad mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#EYESOCKET, crau'r llygad mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#EYESOCKET