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 ]

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FMA:59110
MA:0001266
Wikipedia:Palpebral_fissure
SCTID:280576003

Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Gray892.png

has related synonym

rima palpebrarum

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0001819

prefLabel

Palpebral fissure

Term relations

Subclass of:

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