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A patient has drooping upper eyelids and is unable to raise them, determine the muscles affected...

A patient has drooping upper eyelids and is unable to raise them, determine the muscles affected and what nerve(s) may be involved.

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Drooping of upper eyelid is termed as Ptosis.

Muscles and nerves involved:

• Oculomotor nerve for levator palpebrae superioris

• Sympathetic nerves for superior tarsal muscle

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