accessory organs of the eye

accessory visual structures

[TA]

the eyelids, with lashes and eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctival sac, and extrinsic muscles of the eyeball.

Synonym(s): structurae oculi accessoriae [TA], accessory organs of the eye, accessory visual apparatus, adnexa oculi, appendages of eye, organa oculi accessoria

ac·ces·so·ry or·gans of the eye

(ak-ses'ŏr-ē ōr'gănz ī)

The eyelids, with lashes and eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctival sac, and extrinsic muscles of the eyeball.

ac·ces·so·ry vis·u·al struc·tures

(ak-sesŏr-ē vizhū-ăl strŭkshŭrz) [TA]

Eyelids, with lashes and eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctival sac, and extrinsic muscles of the eyeball.
Synonym(s): accessory organs of the eye.