conjunctiva
Sign in to savethumb|Image of a human eye showing the blood vessels of the bulbar conjunctiva thumb|Hyperaemia of the superficial bulbar conjunctiva blood vessels
Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Conjunctiva
- Anatomy.Latin
- tunica conjunctiva
- Anatomy.Image
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- Anatomy.Caption
- The upper half of a sagittal section through the front of the eyeball (label for 'Conjunctiva' visible at center-left)
- Anatomy.Image2
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- Anatomy.Caption2
- Horizontal section of the eyeball (conjunctiva labeled at upper left)
- Anatomy.part_of
- Eye
- Anatomy.Artery
- Lacrimal artery, anterior ciliary arteries
- Anatomy.Nerve
- Supratrochlear nerve
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
15 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Blood supply
- Nerve supply
- Microanatomy
- Function
- Clinical significance
- Bulbar conjunctival microvasculature
- Vessel morphology
- Blood oxygen dynamics
- Blood vessel imaging methods
- Vasodilation
- See also
- Additional images
- References
- External links
thumb|Image of a human eye showing the blood vessels of the bulbar conjunctiva thumb|Hyperaemia of the superficial bulbar conjunctiva blood vessels
In the anatomy of the eye, the conjunctiva (: conjunctivae) is a thin mucous membrane that lines the inside of the eyelids and covers the sclera (the white of the eye). It is composed of non-keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium with goblet cells, stratified columnar epithelium and stratified cuboidal epithelium (depending on the zone). The conjunctiva is highly vascularised, with many microvessels easily accessible for imaging studies.