A fold of skin that covers and protects part of the eyeball. Examples: upper eyelid, lower eyelid, nictitating membrane. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term information
- NCIT:C12713
- EHDAA:9037
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVi4m5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- MA:0000268
- VHOG:0000016
- EHDAA2:0000487
- BTO:0002241
- UMLS:C0015426 (ncithesaurus:Eyelid)
- FMA:54437
- Wikipedia:Eyelid
- MESH:D005143
- GAID:72
- SCTID:265782007
- EV:0100338
- EMAPA:17829
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
A fold of skin that covers and protects part of the eyeball. Examples: upper eyelid, lower eyelid, nictitating membrane.
Consider adding 'eye surface', like MA
FMA divides this into skin, fascia, conjunctiva
In humans the upper and lower eyelid consists of the following layers, starting anteriorly: (1) skin, (2) a layer of subcutaneous connective tissue, (3) a layer of striated muscle fibres of the orbicularis muscle, (4) a layer of submuscular connective tissue, (5) a fibrous layer, including the tarsal plates, (6) a layer of smooth muscle, (7) the palpebral conjunctiva.
Term relations
- organ part
- ectoderm-derived structure
- protects some ocular surface region
- contributes to morphology of some camera-type eye
- part of some camera-type eye
- capable of some eye blink reflex