Embedded Files
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH WHO IS MOST MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS
Conjunctiva is thin transparent highly vascularized membrane that covers the front of sclera and behind the lids.
It has three parts.
Bulbar conjunctiva covers sclera.
Palpebral conjunctiva covers behind the eye lids and
forniceal conjunctiva between the two.
Lymphatic drainage
It is richly supplied with lymphatic tissue which drains into ipsilateral pre-auricular and submandibular lymph nodes.
Histology
It consists of dermis and epidermis. The epithelium is non-keratinized.
The conjunctiva starts at mucocutaneous junction at lid margin behind meibomian glands.
Nerve supply is from ophthalmic and maxillary division of trigeminal nerve
congenital nevus
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse