Accessory visual structures
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Accessory visual structures | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | structurae oculi accessoriae |
TA98 | A15.2.07.001 |
TA2 | 6815 |
FMA | 76554 |
Anatomical terminology |
Accessory visual structures is a term used to collectively refer to the adnexa of the eye.
Included are the eyebrow, eyelids, and lacrimal apparatus.
One source defines "ocular adnexa" as the orbit, conjunctiva, and eyelids.[1]
References
- ^ Knowles, Daniel M. (2001). Neoplastic hematopathology. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 1303. ISBN 0-683-30246-9.