List the three anatomic compartments into which the orbit is partitioned by the rectus muscles.
List the three anatomic compartments into which the orbit is partitioned by the rectus muscles.
1. Intraconal space
2. Conal space (essentially the extraocular muscles)
3. Extraconal space
(Note: There is also a preseptal space that is part of the face and is separated from the postseptal space [part of the extraconal space] by the orbital septum.)