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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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Label

palpebral fissure

database cross reference

Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term

rima palpebrarum [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palpebral_fissure ]

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has obo namespace

uberon

has related synonym

rima palpebrarum

UBERON:0001819

Term relations

Subclass of:

orifice
ectoderm-derived structure
has part some (part of some inner canthus)
has part some (part of some outer canthus)
adjacent_to some lower eyelid
adjacent_to some upper eyelid
part of some camera-type eye