The Anatomy of the Lacrimal Portion of the Orbicularis Oculi Muscle (Tensor Tarsi or Horner's Muscle)

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 225-232

  Shinohara, Harumichi ^a   Kominami, Rieko ^a   Yasutaka, Satoru ^a   Taniguchi, Yutaka ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Horner's muscle; Lacrimal flow; Lacrimal organs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EYELID; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TEARS;

EID: 0035292077     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.77.6_225     Document Type: Article

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