palpebral fissure
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001819
Orifice separating upper and lower eyelids. In the human adult this measures about 10mm vertically and 30 mm horizontally. It can be reduced in size in fetal alcohol syndrome. In Trisomy 9 the palpebral fissures can be upslanting. [WP,modified]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palpebral_fissure ]
Term info
- FMA:59110
- SCTID:280576003
- MA:0001266
- Wikipedia:Palpebral_fissure
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Gray892.png
rima palpebrarum
uberon
UBERON:0001819
Palpebral fissure
Term relations
- orifice
- ectoderm-derived structure
- overlaps some outer canthus
- overlaps some inner canthus
- adjacent_to some lower eyelid
- adjacent_to some upper eyelid
- part of some camera-type eye