Anatomy and physiology of the eye, with hints for the preservation of the eyesight (1901)
Herbert, John Frederick, 1860- · Philadelphia, Pa., The author · leaf 16
tiful, and are very much admired. II. Eyelids or Palpebra (figures 3. 4 and 5). Twothin folds placed in front of the eye. The protective cov-ering of the eyeball consists of skin, muscles and glands.The upper lid is the larger, and is the more movable ofthe two. Besides shielding the eye from… … Pupil. Iris.5- Figure 3. 3. Sclerotic. 4.Supercilia or Eyehnn Prilpehra or eyelids. polish and transparency of the cornea being thus main-tained. Figure 4 shows a vertical sectiim of the uppere3^elid III. Eyelashes or Cilia (figure 4) act as sentinels, guard-ing the organ against injury from…
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