This PowerPoint presentation delves into the intricate world of the conjunctiva and lacrimal system, exploring their anatomy, function, and the various disorders that can affect them.
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Disorders of the
Conjunctiva
and Lacrimal
System
, Review of Conjunctival Anatomy
• Conjunctiva is a fine, translucent mucous
membrane.
• It joins the eyeball to the eyelids
• It covers the eyelids posteriorly (palpebral
conjunctiva) , is reflected interiorly onto the
sclera (bulbar conjunctiva).
• At the lid margin conjunctiva is continuous
with the skin
• It is firmly adherent at the limbus, and at the
tarsal plate
,
, Cont…
• The conjunctiva is a mucous membrane consisting of a non-
keratinized stratified squamous epithelium
• Has numerous goblet cells that secrete mucin
• Has thin, richly vascularized lamina propria containing lymphat
vessels, plasma cells, macrophages, melanocytes, and mast cel
• The accessory lacrimal glands are in the fornices
– Glands of Krause and Wolfring, resemble the lacrimal glands in struct
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