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Descriptor English: Nictitating Membrane
Descriptor Spanish: Membrana Nictitante
Descriptor membrana nictitante
Entry term(s) tercer párpado
Scope note: Pliegue de la membrana mucosa de la CONJUNTIVA de muchos animales. Durante el reposo, se esconde en el canto medial. Puede extenderse para cubrir toda la córnea y ayuda a mantener limpia la CÓRNEA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Membrana Nictitante
Descriptor French: Membrane nictitante
Entry term(s): Troisième paupière
Tree number(s): A13.660
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009541
Scope note: A fold of the mucous membrane of the CONJUNCTIVA in many animals. At rest, it is hidden in the medial canthus. It can extend to cover part or all of the cornea to help clean the CORNEA.
Annotation: ptosis of entry term THIRD EYELID: coord IM with EYELID DISEASES /vet (IM), not BLEPHAROPTOSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 9726
Unique ID: D009541
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Membrane nictitante - Preferred
Concept UI M0014845
Preferred term Membrane nictitante
Entry term(s) Troisième paupière



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