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{{Short description|Upper bony border of the eye socket}}
{{Infobox term
| image        = Gray134.png
| caption      = Frontal bone / supraorbital region (Gray)
| name = Supraorbital rim
| also = superior orbital rim
| field = Anatomy
}}
The '''supraorbital rim''' is the upper bony lip of the [[orbit]], on the [[frontal bone]].<ref name="gray">{{cite book |author=Henry Gray |title=Gray's Anatomy |edition=20th American |year=1918 |publisher=Lea & Febiger |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%27s_Anatomy |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> The [[brow ridge]] is the same neighborhood seen from the front. A projecting rim plus a low brow is half of [[hunter eyes]] (shadow over the globe). A recessed rim plus high thin brows is the open, “surprised” eye.

Supraorbital foramen/notch: nerve. Do not smash it. Brow implants and bone cement exist as surgery.

== See also ==
* [[Orbit]]
* [[Brow ridge]]
* [[Infraorbital rim]]
* [[Hunter eyes]]


== References ==
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