The inner or outer corner where the eyelids meet is known as what?

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The inner or outer corner where the eyelids meet is known as what?

Explanation:
The canthus is the corner where the eyelids meet. There are two canthi: the medial (inner) canthus near the nose and the lateral (outer) canthus toward the temple. The caruncle sits at the inner corner as a small fleshy tissue mass, not the corner itself. The lacrimal punctum is the tiny opening on the lid margin for tear drainage, and the lacrimal sac is part of the tear drainage system behind the inner corner. So the term for the corner itself is canthus.

The canthus is the corner where the eyelids meet. There are two canthi: the medial (inner) canthus near the nose and the lateral (outer) canthus toward the temple. The caruncle sits at the inner corner as a small fleshy tissue mass, not the corner itself. The lacrimal punctum is the tiny opening on the lid margin for tear drainage, and the lacrimal sac is part of the tear drainage system behind the inner corner. So the term for the corner itself is canthus.

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