pupillary border of iris

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• border — The part of a surface that forms its outer boundary. SEE ALSO: edge, margin, b.. SYN: margo [TA]. alveolar b. 1. the most occlusal edge of the alveolar bone; 2. SYN: alveolar process of …   Medical dictionary

• Iris (anatomy) — Iris The iris is the blue area. The other structures visible are the pupil center and the white sclera surrounding the iris. The overlying cornea is pictured, but not visible, as it is transparent …   Wikipedia

• Iris recognition — Infobox Anatomy Name = Iris Latin = Caption = The iris is the green/grey/brown area. The other structures visible are the pupil in the centre and the white sclera surrounding the iris. The overlying cornea is pictured, but not visible, as it is… …   Wikipedia

• margin — A boundary, edge, or border, as of a surface or structure. SEE ALSO: border, edge. SYN: margo [TA]. [L. margo, border, edge] acetabular m. [TA] the rim of bone around the acetabulum to whic …   Medical dictionary

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

• margo — SYN: margin, border. [L.] m. acetabularis acetabular margin. m. anterior [TA] SYN: anterior border. m. anterior corporis pancreatis [TA] SYN: anterior border of body of pancreas. m. anterior fibulae [TA] SYN …   Medical dictionary

• ring — 1. A circular band surrounding a wide central opening; a r. shaped or circular structure surrounding an opening or level area. SYN: anulus [TA]. 2. The closed ( i.e., endless) chain of atoms in a cyclic compound; commonly used for “cyclic” or… …   Medical dictionary

• sphincterolysis — An operation for freeing the iris from the cornea in anterior synechia involving only the pupillary border. [sphincter, + G. lysis, loosening] * * * sphinc·ter·ol·y·sis (sfingk″tər olґĭ sis) [sphincter + lysis] the operation of… …   Medical dictionary

• sphincter — A muscle that encircles a duct, tube, or orifice in such a way that its contraction constricts the lumen or orifice. SYN: musculus s. [TA], s. muscle [TA]. [G. sphinkter, a band or lace] s. of ampulla s. of hepatopancreatic ampulla. anatomic s.… …   Medical dictionary

• sphincterectomy — 1. Excision of a portion of the pupillary border of the iris. 2. Dissecting away any sphincter muscle. [sphincter + G. ektome, excision] * * * sphinc·ter·ec·to·my .sfiŋk tər ek tə mē n …   Medical dictionary

• Koeppe nodules — white to gray nodules observed at the pupillary border in chronic inflammation of the iris, and consisting of accumulations of epithelioid cells and lymphocytes …   Medical dictionary