Object Lessons on the Human Body / A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City

by Sarah F. Buckelew; Margaret W. Lewis

2, the upper oblique muscle.

7, the lower oblique muscle. The oblique muscles roll the eye inward and downward.

4, 5, 6, three of the four straight muscles. Two of the straight muscles roll the eye up and down; the other two move it right and left.

3, the pulley through which the upper oblique muscle plays.]

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QUESTIONS ON THE DESCRIPTION OF THE EYES.

Of what shape is the eye?—"It is round like a ball."

In what is it placed?—"In a deep, bony socket."

What is a socket?—"A hollow place."

Why is the eye placed in a deep, bony socket?—"To keep it from getting hurt."