page_title: Canthus
hierarchical_section_title: Canthus
context_page_description: Canthus is either corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet. More specifically, the inner and outer canthi are, respectively, the medial and lateral ends/angles of the palpebral fissure.
  The bicanthal plane is the transversal plane linking both canthi and defines the upper boundary of the midface.
context_section_description: Canthus (pl. canthi, palpebral commissures) is either corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet. More specifically, the inner and outer canthi are, respectively, the medial and lateral ends/angles of the palpebral fissure.
  The bicanthal plane is the transversal plane linking both canthi and defines the upper boundary of the midface.
caption: Front of left eye with eyelids separated to show medial canthus.
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