enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Meibomian gland - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meibomian_gland

    Meibomian glands (also called tarsal glands, palpebral glands, and tarsoconjunctival glands) are sebaceous glands along the rims of the eyelid inside the tarsal plate. They produce meibum , an oily substance that prevents evaporation of the eye's tear film .

  3. Tarsus (eyelids) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsus_(eyelids)

    Along the inner margin of the tarsus are modified sebaceous glands known as tarsal glands (or meibomian glands), aligned vertically within the tarsi: 30 to 40 glands in the upper lid, and 20 to 30 in the lower lid, which secrete a lipid-rich product which helps keep the lacrimal secretions or tears from evaporating too quickly, thus keeping the ...

  4. Lacrimal punctum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrimal_punctum

    The lacrimal punctum (pl.: puncta) or lacrimal point is a minute opening on the summits of the lacrimal papillae, seen on the margins of the eyelids at the lateral extremity of the lacrimal lake.

  5. Accessory visual structures - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_visual_structures

    The lacrimal apparatus is the physiological system containing the orbital structures for tear production and drainage. [3] It consists of: The lacrimal gland, which secretes the tears, and its excretory ducts, which convey the fluid to the surface of the human eye; it is a serous gland located in lacrimal fossa. It is a j-shaped gland;

  6. Eyelid - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyelid

    The eyelid is made up of several layers; from superficial to deep, these are: skin, subcutaneous tissue, orbicularis oculi, orbital septum and tarsal plates, and palpebral conjunctiva. The meibomian glands lie within the eyelid and secrete the lipid part of the tear film.

  7. Ciaccio's glands - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciaccio's_glands

    Ciaccio's glands or Wolfring's glands are small tubular accessory lacrimal glands (glandulae lacrimales accessoriae) found in the lacrimal caruncle of the eyelid. These accessory lacrimal glands are located in the upper border of the tarsus , approximately in the middle between the extremities of the tarsal glands . [ 1 ]

  8. AOL

    login.aol.com/?lang=fr-FR&intl=fr

    x. AOL fonctionne mieux avec les dernières versions des navigateurs. Vous utilisez un navigateur obsolète ou non pris en charge, et certaines fonctionnalités de AOL risquent de ne pas fonctionner correctement.

  9. Roots of the ciliary ganglion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_of_the_ciliary_ganglion

    Sympathetic fibers from the superior cervical ganglion innervate blood vessels (vasoconstriction), sweat glands, and 4 eye muscles: the dilator pupillae, the superior tarsal muscle, the inferior tarsal muscle and the orbitalis. The dilator pupillae dilates the pupil; its action is antagonistic to the sphincter pupillae. Pupil size is therefore ...