Fibrous connective tissue between Müller's muscle and the palpebral conjunctiva as a reinforcement structure and a natural barrier for the upper eyelid

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 79-82

  Kakizaki, Hirohiko ^a   Zako, Masahiro ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^a   Asamoto, Ken ^a   Miyaishi, Osamu ^a   Miyagawa, Toshiaki ^b   Iwaki, Masayoshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrier; Conjunctivitis; Fibrous connective tissue; M ller's muscle; Palpebral conjunctiva

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ORBIT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EYELIDS; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORBIT;

EID: 30744467930     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.82.79     Document Type: Article

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