The aim of this study was to specify the microvascularization of the junctional region between the integuments of the superficial surface of the free margin of the eyelid and the palpebral conjunctival mucosa. The study was carried out using histological or transparified slices of upper and lower eyelids taken from fetuses and neonates, in which the vascular system was injected with agarized China ink. The mucocutaneous junction of the eyelid is located at the posterior border of the free margin and extends to its deep surface. It has vascular similarities to the oral cavity and the nasal pyramid. Under a thickened avascular epithelium, there is a papillary network composed of characteristic loops that are less raised than in the lips but more developed than in the nose. The superficial and deep vascular reticular networks are comparable in fundamental arrangement to those of other junctional zones. Thus, the palpebral mucocutaneous junction shows cutaneous-type microvascularization, just like the other junctional zones of the head.
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