Superior orbital fissure contents
nerves
- CN III (superior and inferior divisions)
- CN IV
- CN V1, trigeminal ophthalmic branch (lacrimal, frontal and nasociliary branches) (Trigeminal nerve exits skull)
- CN VI, abducens
- Sympathetic fibers from cavernous plexus
vascular
- Ophthalmic vein (superior and Inferior divisions)
- inf. division also passes through inferior orbital fissure.
- Lacrimal artery (br. ophthalmic artery)