Eyelids

May 27, 2007 on 10:14 pm | In Neurology |

Susan D. John
Michael D. Maves

The upper and lower eyelids are similar in structure, although the upper eyelid is more mobile and has features not found in the lower eyelid. The space between the eyelids is known as the palpebral fissure, which is limited medially and laterally by the canthi. At the medial canthus is the lacrimal caruncle, where there is a small lake of tears and the tiny papillae of the lacrimal duct system. The conjunctiva is a thin mucous membrane layer that covers the inner aspects of the eyelids and extends onto the surface of the globe.

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