title: [Ocular surface system integrity].
abstract: The interplay of different structures belonging to either the anterior segment of the eye or its accessory visual apparatus, which all share common embryological, anatomical, functional, and physiological features, is discussed. Explanation of such terms, as ocular surface, lacrimal functional unit, and ocular surface system, is provided.
authors: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B, Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021.
authors: T N
authors: TN
authors: Safonova
authors: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B, Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021.
authors: L S
authors: LS
authors: Pateyuk
mesh_terms: D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology