Definition of Palpebrae. Meaning of Palpebrae. Synonyms of Palpebrae

- EYE-lid) is a thin fold of skin that covers and protects an eye. The levator palpebrae superioris muscle retracts the eyelid, exposing the cornea to the outside...
- levator palpebrae superioris (Latin: elevating muscle of upper eyelid) is the muscle in the orbit that elevates the upper eyelid. The levator palpebrae superioris...
- oblique muscles, control movement of the eye. The other muscle, the levator palpebrae superioris, controls eyelid elevation. The actions of the six muscles...
- levator palpebrae superioris muscle that helps to raise the upper eyelid. The superior tarsal muscle originates on the underside of levator palpebrae superioris...
- laterally, forming a broad and thin layer, which occupies the eyelids or palpebræ, surrounds the cir****ference of the orbit, and spreads over the temple...
- by the forceful closing of the eyelid or inactivation of the levator palpebrae superioris and the activation of the palpebral portion of the orbicularis...
- medially over the optic nerve. It supplies the superior rectus and levator palpebrae superioris. The inferior branch of the oculomotor nerve or the inferior...
- p****ing superior to the eye and medial to the superior rectus and levator palpebrae superioris.[citation needed] It then joins the supraorbital nerve to jointly...
- Voluntary eyelid opening involves the simultaneous activation of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle and the inhibition of the orbicularis oculi muscle....
- the lid margins. The tarsus has a lower and upper part making up the palpebrae. The superior tarsus (tarsus superior; superior tarsal plate), the larger...