Accessory visual structures

Accessory visual structures are the adnexa of the eye, including the eyebrow, eyelids, and lacrimal apparatus.

Accessory visual structures
Front of left eye with eyelids separated.
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Identifiers
Latinstructurae oculi accessoriae
TAA15.2.07.001
FMA76554
Anatomical terminology

One source defines "ocular adnexa" as the orbit, conjunctiva, and eyelids.[1]

References

  1. Knowles, Daniel M. (2001). Neoplastic hematopathology. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 1303. ISBN 0-683-30246-9.


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