Eyelids and conjunctiva

Question 1

The complex movable cover of the outer portion of the eyeball, consisting of an upper/lower component of skin, tarsus, delicate muscles, eyelashes, glands, and conjunctiva is

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The eyelid

Question 2

The almond-shaped opening between the upper and lower lids is the

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Palpebral Fissure

Question 3

The point where the lids meet on the nasal (inner) side of the palpebral fissure is the

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Medial Canthus

Question 4

The temporal (outer) junction of the lids is the

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Lateral Canthus

Question 5

This structure, also known as cilia, help protect the eye by sweeping away airborne dust particles and other foreign matter when the lids blink. These are the

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Eyelashes

Question 6

When an eyelash grows in the wrong direction and rubs the surface of the eye, irritating the cornea, it is called __________

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Trichiasis

Question 7

If a lash follicle becomes inflamed and produces a reddened, sore lump near the outer edge of the lid, it is called _________

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Stye/External hordeolum

Question 8

located on the posterior margin of the lid, there is a row of tiny holes, the openings of oil secreting glands hidden in the tissue of the lids called ________

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Meibomian glands

Question 9

Should a Meibomian gland become inflamed and infected, it may produce a swelling on the inner lid called _____

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Internal hordeolum

Question 10

Chronic inflammation resulting from an obstructed Meibomian gland may form a

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Chalazion

Question 11

A very common inflammation of the eyelid margin resulting in redness and crusting is called

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Blepharitis

Question 12

A dense plate-like framework, which gives eyelids their firmness and shape is called

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The tarsus/tarsal plate

Question 13

a circular muscle that closes the eye when is contracts is the

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Orbicularis Oculi

Question 14

When this muscle contracts, it raises the upper lid, this is the

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Levator Palpebrae

Question 15

When the upper lid droops and cannot lift fully it is a condition called

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Ptosis

Question 16

Malformations of the eyelid or damage to them causing the lower lid margin to fall or pull away from the eye is a condition called

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Ectropion

Question 17

When the upper or lower lid margins are turned upward this results in a condition called

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Entropion

Question 18

A thin, translucent mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the lids and the outer front surface of the eyeball, except for the cornea is the

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Conjunctiva

Question 19

The portion of the conjunctiva that lines the eyelids is called

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The Palpebral Conjunctiva

Question 20

The portion of the conjunctiva that covers the outer eyeball is called

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The bulbar conjunctiva

Question 21

The area where the palpebral and bulbar portions of the conjunctiva meet beneath the upper and lower lids forming a loose pocket of tissue is

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The Fornix/Cul-de-sac