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Fig. 14. 

 Saggital Section through the upper eyeUd. 1, skin ; 2, palpebral portion 

 of the musculus orbicularis oculi ; 2a, its inner portion, designated a8 

 the musculus ciliaris Riolini ; 3, cilia; 4, gland of Moll, opening into a 

 hair follicle ; 5, Meibomian gland ; 5 a, its orifice ; 6, indication of the 

 ill-defined limit of the tarsus ; 7, loose connective tissue between tarsus 

 and anterior insertion of the tendon of the musculus levator palpebrae 

 superioris ; 8, anterior eonnective-tissue-like insertion of the tendon of 

 the musculus levator palpebrae superioris : 9. its middle layer, non- 

 muscular, called the musculus palpebralis superior.— JS^. Muller. 



