eyelid
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001711
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 ]
Synonyms: palpebra, eye lid, blepharon
Term info
- MESH:D005143
- GAID:72
- BTO:0002241
- EHDAA2:0000487
- UMLS:C0015426 (ncithesaurus:Eyelid)
- SCTID:265782007
- FMA:54437
- MA:0000268
- EV:0100338
- EHDAA:9037
- NCIT:C12713
- Wikipedia:Eyelid
- VHOG:0000016
- EMAPA:17829
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
blepharic, palpebral
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.
Consider adding 'eye surface', like MA, FMA divides this into skin, fascia, conjunctiva
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_75178
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Eye_makeup.jpg
blephara, palpebrae
uberon
UBERON:0001711
Eyelid
Term relations
- Cardinal 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