Übersetzung für '
third eyelid' von Englisch nach Deutsch
| NOUN | a third eyelid | third eyelids |
| SYNO | nictitating membrane | third eyelid |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
22 Übersetzungen
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- e., third eyelid, an organ that is fully functional in some other species of mammals.
- The wings are opened underwater and the open eyes are protected by the transparent third eyelid.
- The eyes are large and oval-shaped, with a rudimentary nictitating membrane (protective third eyelid) and a strong ridge underneath.
- Some reptiles, mammals and birds have a translucent third eyelid that moves horizontally across the eye called the nictitating membrane.
- The eyes are large, circular, and green in life, with irregularly shaped pupils and a nictitating membrane (protective third eyelid).
- Ulcers in the inferior nasal cornea may be caused by foreign material trapped under the third eyelid.
- The Calabar angwantibo is the only primate to have a functioning nictitating membrane (third eyelid).
- If sand gets lodged in their eyes, they can dislodge it using their transparent third eyelid (also known as the nictitating membrane).
- They can also experience cherry eye, a prolapsed third eyelid.
- Cherry eye is a disorder of the nictitating membrane (NM), also called the third eyelid, present in the eyes of dogs and cats.
- Eyelids can be found in other animals, some of which may have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. A vestige of this in humans survives as the plica semilunaris.
- Instead the eye is lubricated by the nictitating membrane, a third eyelid that moves horizontally.
- The nictitating membrane is a transparent or translucent third eyelid present in some animals that can be drawn across the eye for protection and to moisten it while maintaining vision.
- A clear third eyelid is thought to act like a pair of goggles underwater.
- "Cherry eye", a prolapse of the gland of the third eyelid, and distichiasis, a condition in which eyelashes grow into the eye causing irritation, sometimes exist; both these conditions can be corrected with surgery.
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