Canthus

A corner of the eye.


Canthi, angle formed by the upper eyelid with the lower eyelid, one being inner (nasal) and the other outer (temporal).


Either comer of the eye; the angle at which the upper and lower eyelids meet.


The name applied to the angle at either end of the aperture between the eyelids.


The angle at either end of the slit between the eyelids; the lateral canthus (commissura palpebrarum lateralis) and the medial canthus (commissura palpebrarum medialis).


The anatomical term referring to the point where the upper and lower eyelids converge, forming the corner of the eye, is known as the canthus.


The angle where the two eyelids meet.


 


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