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CHECK EYE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

A thickening of the inferior part of the bulbar sheath which supports the eye within the orbit; it extends between the lateral and medial orbital margins and includes the medial and lateral check ligaments.

Key term(s)
  • ligament of Lockwood
  • Lockwood's suspensory ligament
  • Lockwood ligament

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Partie inférieure de la capsule de Tenon, ce ligament est formé par l'épaississement des gaines du muscle petit oblique et du muscle droit inférieur d'où partent des expansions formant une structure en hamac dans laquelle repose le globe oculaire.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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