Holistic Learning Objectives Exam 3 Practice

The opening between the eyelids is the palpebral fissure. This is the visible gap when the eyes are open, spanning from the inner to the outer corners. The medial canthus is simply the inner corner where the lids meet; the caruncle is the small fleshy patch at that inner corner; the limbus is the border between the cornea and sclera. So the palpebral fissure is the opening you’re asking about.