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Definition of Tarsal gland
1. Noun. A long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids. "Bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye"
Generic synonyms: Glandulae Sebaceae, Sebaceous Follicle, Sebaceous Gland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarsal Gland
Literary usage of Tarsal gland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"... Opening of tarsal gland tarsal gland shining through the conjunctiva FIG.
1.—Eyelid slightly everted to show the Conjunctiva (enlarged). eminence is the ..."
2. A Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and Adjacent Seas by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1901)
"... remainder of underparts pale fulvous: tarsal gland black with fulvous border.
Tail above like back at base grading into black, beneath white. ..."
3. The Big Game of North America: Its Habits, Habitats, Haunts, and by George O. Shields (1890)
"Lachrymal sinus covered with a fold of skin; tarsal gland present; meta- tarsal
gland small, mid, below the middle of the leg, naked and surrounded by white ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"tarsal gland, g. Sebaceous gland. A. Eyelashes, t. Small hairs of skin. j.
Sweat glands, k. Posterior tarsal glands. margins of these plates are thick and ..."
5. Morris's Human Anatomy: A Complete Systematic Treatise by English and by Henry Morris, James Playfair McMurrich (1907)
"... edge of lid- margin OPENING OF DUCT OF tarsal gland of palpebral fascia,
blended with a thin fibrous extension of the sheath of the inferior rectus. ..."
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