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 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- VHOG:0000016
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0015426
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVi4m5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- BTO:0002241
- EV:0100338
- GAID:72
- NCIT:C12713
- EHDAA2:0000487
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/265782007
- EMAPA:17829
- FMA:54437
- MA:0000268
- MESH:D005143
- UMLS:C0015426 (ncithesaurus:Eyelid)
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyelid
- EHDAA:9037
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
definition
- A fold of skin that covers and protects part of the eyeball. Examples: upper eyelid, lower eyelid, nictitating membrane.
depicted by
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Eye_makeup.jpg
external ontology notes
- FMA divides this into skin, fascia, conjunctiva
- Consider adding 'eye surface', like MA
fma set term
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_75178
has exact synonym
- eye lid
- palpebra
- blepharon
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- palpebrae
- blephara
has relational adjective
- blepharic
- palpebral
id
- UBERON:0001711
taxon notes
- 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.
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