epicanthus

Inner corner skin

Epicanthus is a fold of skin covering the inner corner of the eye, giving the eye a hooded appearance.

The feature is common in people of East Asian descent and also occurs in some other populations and certain genetic conditions.

The adjective is epicanthal or epicanthic: epicanthic fold.

anatomy

eyelid

Movable ocular covering

medial · inner corner · caruncle · tarsal · orbital · conjunctiva · lacrimal · nasal bridge · blepharoplasty

clinical

Down syndrome

Third chromosome 21 present

pediatrics · syndrome · chromosomal · congenital · examination

population

East Asian

From China's neighborhood

Irish · Finnish · monolid · double eyelid

genetic

inheritance

Property received from ancestors

  • traitDistinguishing personal quality
  • phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
  • alleleGene variant at one locus

dominant · recessive · heredity · chromosomes · DNA · genes · genotype · variation · ancestry · lineage

Family

epicanthic

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