Palpebra (SFLT) *
Palpebra (SFLT)* page contains preparations from the eyelid. Preparations are not mandatory (they are not reviewed for practice, they are not tested, therefore *).
I included them in the atlas because all types of skin glands and also special glands that cannot be found elsewhere in the skin are located in the lid.
For the same reasons, they are classified under the Skin System chapter and not the Senses, even though they are auxiliary devices of the eye.
Overview[edit | edit source]
Preparation 1[edit | edit source]
Title: Eyelid - overview (HE)
Description: PK – skin surface, PS – conjunctival surface, EP – epidermis (multilayered squamous epithelium
cornified), ES – conjunctival epithelium (multilayered cylindrical), VF – eyelash hair follicle, Ci – cilia (eyelashes),
GTM – glandulae tarsales Meibom (sebaceous, holocrine, unrelated to the follicle), GCM – glandulae ciliares
Molli (apocrine, opening into the follicle), GSZ - glandulae sebaceae Zeissi (sebaceous, holocrine, opening into the follicle
cilia), TP – tarsal plate, MOO – musculus orbicularis oculi (striated), C – blood vessel
Preparation 2[edit | edit source]
Title: Eyelid - overview (HE)
Description: PK – skin surface, PS – conjunctival surface, EP – epidermis (multilayered squamous epithelium
cornified), ES – conjunctival epithelium (multilayered cylindrical), VF – eyelash hair follicle, GTM – glandulae
tarsales Meibom (sebaceous, holocrine, not related to the cilia follicle), GSud – glandulae sudoriferae (eccrine
sweat glands), MOO – musculus orbicularis oculi (striated), C – blood vessel
Preparation 3[edit | edit source]
Title: Eyelid - detail of lacrimal gland (HE)
Description: Al – alveolus (secretory compartment of the lacrimal gland, light), Du – outlet of the lacrimal gland (dark),
Myo - myoepithelial cell of the secretory compartment, PK - skin surface, PS - conjunctival surface,
C – vessel
