APPENDAGES OF THE EYE 



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of the skin only in that its subcutaneous tissue contains no fat. The 

 derma is loosely connected with the muscle by a wide-meshed areolar 

 tissue. Fine hairs are distributed UMT the cutaneous surface, their 

 follicles extending well down through the derma. Small sebaceous 



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FIG. 567. VERTICAL SECTION THROUGH THE UPPER EYELID. 



a, sweat glands; ai, primary tarsal arch; as, secondary tarsal arch; b, conjuncti- 

 val epithelium; c, eyelashes; co, rugated portion of the conjunctiva; d, epidermis; 

 e, fine hairs; /, process of the levator palpebra superioris which is inserted into the 

 skin; g, Meibomian gland; h, internal angle of the margin of the lid; /, levator palpe- 

 brae superioris; m, duct of a Meibomian gland; o, orbicularis palpebrarum muscle; 

 p, superior palpebral muscle of Miiller; r, ciliary muscle of Riolan; s, glands of 

 Moll; t, fibrous tissue of the tarsus; v, external angle of the margin of the lid; w, 

 posterior tarsal glands; z, sebaceous glands. (After Fuchs.) 



