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Marginal conjunctiva
• Firmly adherent to the tarsal plate • Extends from the upper border of the
• Thin + transparent + highly vascular tarsal plate to the fornix
structure • Loosely attached to the superior tarsal
• Tarsal (Meibomian) glands appear muscle (Müller’s muscle) and so folds
as yellow streaks through the tarsal readily
conjunctiva
Bulbar Conjuctiva
2 parts of Bulbar Conjuctiva
Scleral Conjuctiva
Limbal Conjuctiva
Stratified squamous
Stratified squamous Stratified columnar
Histological epithelium + limbal
epithelium + lamina epithelium + lamina
differences pupillae formed by
propria propria
lamina propria
Blood Supply
Venous Drainage
References
• Parthopratim DM. Illustrated Ocular Anatomy [
Internet ]. Available from :
http://www.eophtha.com/eophtha/anatomy/anatomyof
conjunctiva.html
• Bye LA, Modi NC,Stanforf M. Basic Science for
Ophthalmology. 2013. Oxford University Press.
United Kingdom