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Eyelid

   

Workbook tasks

Slide 96: Eyelid

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This slide is a sagittal section through the eyelid.

Identify:

Macroscopic

  • Orientate yourself with regard to inner and outer surfaces of the eyelid.

Microscopic

  • The different layers that make up the eyelid

  • The different structures seen in the eyelid

 

Draw and annotate:

A line diagram of the eyelid, including details of the conjunctiva and Meibomian glands.

 

Reflection:
  1. How can one distinguish between the inner and outer surfaces of the eye?
  2. What type of connective tissue forms the tarsal plates?
  3. What type of gland is the Meibomian gland?
  4. What is the anatomical name of the muscle seen, and what type of muscle is it?
  5. What are the glands of Moll and Zeiss otherwise known as?
 

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