## Step4

Around the eye

Study the text and do the assignment below:

Your eyes are being protected by your eyebrows, eyelids and eyelashes. The eyebrows stop sweat running down your forehead from getting in your eyes. The eyelids and eyelashes stop most of the other things that would otherwise get in your eyes. The eyelids also 'wipe' tears across the eyes. Tears keep the eyes clean and moist, kills bacteria and gathers dust. The tears are formed by tearglands above your eyes. After cleaning the eye the tears drain down the tearduct into the nasal cavity.

Complete the text by entering the missing words below:

reflex - eyebrows - eyelashes - tears - dirt - tear glands - eye

Around the eye

Above the eye you will find the ..1.. , it stops the sweat running down our forehead from entering our eye. Behind the eyebrows just above your eyes are the ..2.. . These glands make ..3.. all day long, which are being 'wiped' across the eye by blinking the eyelids. The tears make sure the ..4.. doesn't get dry and make sure dust and dirt are washed out. On the eyelids are the ..5.. . The function of the eyelashes is to keep ..6.. out of the eye. Eyelashes are very sensitive to touch. When they are touched, the eye will be closed in a ..7.. .

1 = ...

2 = ...

3 = ...

4 = ...

5 = ...

6 = ...

7 = ...