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Eyelid Suspensory System
st - superior tarsal plate
wl - Whitnall's ligament
cpf - capsulopalpebral fascia
mct - medial canthal tendon
lct - lateral canthal tendon
ll - Lockwood's ligament
Whitnall's ligament serves to suspend various structures in the anterior superior orbit and eyelid including the levator aponeurosis. Lockwood's ligament joins the conjoined fascia of the inferior rectus and oblique muscles to the CPF which serves as the major retractor of the lower eyelid.
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