Encyclopedia entry

Eyelids

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Abstract

The eyelids may be absent. The margin of either lid is sometimes notched or fissured. The palpebral fissure may be wider or narrower than usual, or the lids may be united by vascularized tissue. The muscles of the lid occasionally fail to develop. Supernumerary eyelids may occur.

The eyelids may be absent. The margin of either lid is sometimes notched or fissured. The palpebral fissure may be wider or narrower than usual, or the lids may be united by vascularized tissue. The muscles of the lid occasionally fail to develop. Supernumerary eyelids may occur.

Riferimenti dell’opera originale

Elenco riportato come compare nella fonte, senza normalizzazione dei formati bibliografici.

  • Anson, B.J., Ed. (1966) Morris' Human Anatomy, 12th ed. The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
  • Ptasinska-Urbanska, M. (1965) Variation of the structure of the tarsal discs in man. Folia Morphol. (Warsaw) 24:273-279.
  • Wolff, E. (1954) The Anatomy of the Eye and Orbit, 4th Ed., Lewis, London.

Anatomical classification

Systems:
Digestive system

Content provenance

Translation

Italian translation of «Eyelids — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/OrganSystem/Text/Eyelids.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Translation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Traduzione italiana del testo originale inglese, che resta consultabile nella versione inglese di questa pagina. Il contenuto è stato riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti) senza modificarne le affermazioni. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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