ptosis: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	blepharoptosis

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An anatomical illustration of the right eye shows the eyeball and surrounding bones with labeled muscles, including the superior, inferior, medial, and lateral rectus, superior and inferior oblique, levator palpebrae superioris, and the trochlea.

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