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eyelash

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001702

Any of the hairs that grow at the edge of the upper or lower eyelid. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]

Term info

Label

eyelash

Synonyms
  • eyelid cilium
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/N2_Human_eye.jpg

fma set term

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_70742

function notes

eyelashes protect the eye from debris and are sensitive to touch, thus providing a warning that an object is near the eye (which is then closed reflexively)

has related synonym

cilium, blepharis, eyelid cilia, cilia, hair of eyelid

id

UBERON:0001702

Term relations

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