The medial canthal tendon is composed of anterior and posterior lobes in Japanese eyes and fixes the eyelid complementarity with Horner's muscle

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 493-496

  Kakizaki, Hirohiko ^a   Zako, Masahiro ^a   Mito, Hidenori ^b   Miyaishi, Osamu ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^a   Miyagawa, Toshiaki ^c   Iwaki, Masayoshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ide Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior lobe; Horner's muscle; Medial canthal tendon; Orbicularis oculi muscle; Posterior lobe

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EYELID MUSCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MEDIAL CANTHAL TENDON; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

AGED; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; TENDONS;

EID: 6344250445     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-004-0100-0     Document Type: Article

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