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Keywords: eyelid, canthi, medial, corner, nasal

The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

Greek kanthos - used at first for rim of eye, then angle between ends of rims.

The angle at either end of the eyelid aperture; specified as outer or inner.

either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet

Specified as inner and outer this is what is commonly known as the inner and outer corners of the eye.

Angle at the inner or outer corner of the eyelids

angle at either end of the slit between the eyelids

the angle formed by the meeting of the upper and lower eyelids; specified as lateral or temporal, and medial or nasal

Reference to either the medial (inner) and the lateral (outer) extent of the eyelids.

corner of the eyes (plural canthi)

Demarcation between the sclera and nasal corner of the eye.

The angle at the junction of eyelids

Tissues beyond eyelids.

Canthus (pl. canthi, palpebral commissures) is either corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet.

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Keywords: rostralis, spawls, curtis, ralph, snakes

In snakes, the canthus, or canthus rostralis,Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books.