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The ocular anatomy is of the highest importance in any surgical procedure about the eye. It is therefore desirable to describe the anatomic milieu as much as is needed, but it is not essential to give much detail. Descriptions of muscle origins and insertions, innervations, arterial supplies, etc., are interesting, but they can be looked up at any time. The principal anatomic landmarks which have to do with the eye from a surgical point of view will be considered.
THE LACRIMAL SYSTEM
The lacrimal gland is like a large reservoir of tears. In the vicinity of the large reservoir are smaller ones, or springs. The large reservoir is the main source of supply of the tears and is the lacrimal gland. The other, smaller springs correspond to the glands of Krause, which number from eighteen to twenty in the upper fornix and from eight to ten in the lower and