eyelid in dogs
A movable or semi-movable ocular covering that protects the eye and contributes to surface maintenance; structure and composition vary widely among vertebrate species. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the eyelid is
A movable or semi-movable ocular covering that protects the eye and contributes to surface maintenance; structure and composition vary widely among vertebrate species. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the eyelid is
It sits in the head, within the sensory system. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.
What the eyelid connects to
The atlas records 22 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of camera-type eye and organ.
Supply and innervation
Innervation: eyelid nerve.
Also called
Also recorded as blepharon, eye lid, palpebra, blephara and palpebrae. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001711, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: camera-type eye and organ.
- A kind of: anatomical structure.
- Attaches to: eyelash and eyelid muscle.
- Adjacent to: conjunctiva and palpebral conjunctiva.
- contains: eyelid blood vessel, eyelid connective tissue, eyelid epithelium, eyelid tarsus, gland of Zeis and levator palpebrae superioris, and 3 more.
- subtype: lower eyelid, nictitating membrane and upper eyelid.
- contributes to morphology of: camera-type eye and tarsal gland.
- Innervated by: eyelid nerve.
Questions
Where is the eyelid?
It sits in the head, within the sensory system. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.
What does the eyelid connect to?
Part of: camera-type eye and organ.
Is the eyelid the same in other species?
This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.