Canthus

Canthus
Front of left eye with eyelids separated to show medial canthus.
Identifiers
FMA59222
Anatomical terminology

The canthus (pl.: canthi, palpebral commissures) is either corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet. More specifically, the inner and outer canthi are, respectively, the medial and lateral ends/angles of the palpebral fissure.

The bicanthal plane is the transversal plane linking both canthi and defines the upper boundary of the midface.

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