eyelid

thin fold of skin that covers and protects a human or animal eye
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eyelid

Summary

eyelid is an organism subdivision type[1]. eyelid draws 913 Wikipedia views per month (organism_subdivision_type category, ranking #11 of 24).[2]

Key Facts

  • eyelid's instance of is recorded as organism subdivision type[3].
  • eyelid's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • eyelid is a type of subdivision of face[5].
  • eyelid is a type of particular anatomical entity[6].
  • eyelid is part of eye[7].
  • eyelid is used for blinking[8].
  • eyelid is used for wink[9].
  • eyelid is used for squint[10].
  • eyelid's Commons category is recorded as Eyelids[11].
  • eyelid's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[12].
  • eyelid's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[13].
  • eyelid's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[14].
  • eyelid's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • eyelid's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • eyelid's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[17].
  • eyelid's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12713[18].
  • eyelid's arterial supply is recorded as lacrimal artery[19].
  • eyelid's arterial supply is recorded as medial palpebral arteries[20].
  • eyelid's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[21].
  • eyelid's innervated by is recorded as infratrochlear nerve[22].
  • eyelid's innervated by is recorded as supratrochlear nerve[23].
  • eyelid's innervated by is recorded as supraorbital nerve[24].
  • eyelid's innervated by is recorded as lacrimal nerve[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include organism subdivision type[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include subdivision of face[5] and particular anatomical entity[6].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include blinking[8], wink[9], and squint[10]. eyelid is part of eye[7].

Why It Matters

eyelid draws 913 Wikipedia views per month (organism_subdivision_type category, ranking #11 of 24).[2] eyelid has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] eyelid is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subject lexeme {'id': 'L299229', 'numeric-id': 299229, 'entity-type': 'lexe
    Subclass of subdivision of face, particular anatomical entity
    Instance of
    Quantity {'amount': '+3'}, {'amount': '+2'}
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21371, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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