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Descriptor English: Meibomian Glands
Descriptor Spanish: Glándulas Tarsales
Descriptor glándulas tarsales
Entry term(s) glándulas de Meibomio
glándulas del tarso
glándulas meibomianas
glándulas palpebrales
Scope note: Glándulas sebáceas situadas en la superficie interna de los párpados entre los tarsos y la CONJUNTIVA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Glândulas Tarsais
Descriptor French: Glandes de Meibomius
Entry term(s): Gland, Meibomian
Gland, Tarsal
Glandulae Tarsales
Meibomian Gland
Tarsal Gland
Tarsal Glands
Tree number(s): A09.371.337.614
A10.336.827.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008537
Scope note: The sebaceous glands situated on the inner surface of the eyelids between the tarsal plates and CONJUNCTIVA.
Annotation: diseases: coordinate with EYELID DISEASES; neoplasms: coordinate with EYELID NEOPLASMS + histological type of neoplasm; inflammation = MEIBOMITIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under EYELIDS 1975-90
Online Note: search EYELIDS 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under EYELIDS 1975-90
Related: Chalazion MeSH
DeCS ID: 8706
Unique ID: D008537
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/04/29
Meibomian Glands - Preferred
Concept UI M0013298
Scope note The sebaceous glands situated on the inner surface of the eyelids between the tarsal plates and CONJUNCTIVA.
Preferred term Meibomian Glands
Entry term(s) Gland, Meibomian
Gland, Tarsal
Glandulae Tarsales
Meibomian Gland
Tarsal Gland
Tarsal Glands



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