See Also: Sharon, Plain of(encyclopedia)
accessory organs(medicine)
accessory organs of the eye(medicine)
Accessory digestive organs(health)
accessory portion of spinal accessory nerve(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Sharon (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Sharon Hospital(health)
Sharon, Ariel(encyclopedia)
rose of Sharon(encyclopedia)

accessory organs of the eye (medicine) and Sharon, Plain of (sh)


accessory organs of the eye (medicine)


accessory organs of the eye


The eyelids, with lashes and eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctival sac, and extrinsic muscles of the eyeball.

Synonym: organa oculi accessoria, accessory organs, accessory visual apparatus, adnexa oculi, appendages of eye.


Sharon, Plain of (sh)




Mediterranean coastal plain, western Israel.

Extending about 55 mi (90 km) from Mount Carmel to Tel Aviv-Yafo and roughly triangular in shape, it has been inhabited since remote antiquity. Its name occurs in the Bible and is mentioned in Egyptian pharaonic inscriptions. Modern settlement was undertaken as part of the Zionist movement to settle the agricultural lands of Palestine in the late 19th century, and by the early 1930s it had become the most densely settled area of Jewish Palestine. It produces citrus fruits, Vegetables, and cotton and is a popular tourist destination.