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Sense Organs > Eye > Eyelids > Conjunctiva
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Eyelids > Conjunctiva
Sense Organs > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Conjunctiva
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Conjunctiva

Preferred term

Conjunctiva  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

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Entry terms

  • Tunica Conjunctiva

Note

  • inflammation = CONJUNCTIVITIS or specifics; do not confuse with "conjunctive tissue" in translated texts: this is CONNECTIVE TISSUE, not CONJUNCTIVA; ‌/‌blood ‌supply consider also CILIARY ARTERIES

Scope note

  • The mucous membrane that covers the posterior surface of the eyelids and the anterior pericorneal surface of the eyeball.

In other languages

  • sidekalvo

    Finnish

  • conjunctiva
  • konjunktiiva
  • sidekalvot
  • tunica conjunctiva
  • Bindhinna

    Swedish

  • Konjunktiva
  • Ögats bindhinna
  • Ögonlockets bindhinna

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003228

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