368 NORMAL HISTOLOGY. 



brails and partly attached to the upper edge of the tarsus ; the 

 tarsal portion contains bundles of non-striped muscle, which col- 

 lectively form the lid-muscle of Miiller. 



The tarsus consists of a semilunar plate of dense fibrous tissue 



FIG. 386. 



Section of human eyelid: a, a, skin; b, subcutaneous tissue; c, cilium ; d, median 

 connective tissue ; e, tarsal plate containing Meibomian glands (h) ; f, tunica propria 

 of conjunctiva covered by its epithelium (f) ; i, duct of Meibomian glands ; /, Moll's 

 glands ; m, m, cut fibres of orbicular muscle ; m', marginal bundle of same ; n, sections 

 of sweat-glands ; o, hairs ; /, anterior boundary of tarsus. 



lying immediately in front of the conjunctiva, and extending as a 

 firm but elastic lamina from the sharply-defined palpebral border 

 deeply into the substance of the lid. The tarsus is composed of 

 closely-felted bundles of dense fibrous tissue, whose tough 



