What does eye shape refer to?

What does eye shape refer to?

• A. The color of the iris
• B. The shape of the eyelids
• C. The orbital size
• D. The shape of the tissue that surrounds the eye

Answer: (D)

Eye shape is about the contour created by the tissues surrounding the eyeball. The way the orbit and the periocular soft tissues frame the eye determines its overall appearance—how round or almond-like the eye looks, how much of the eyeball is visible, and how it sits in the face. This is different from the iris color, which is about pigment; from the shape of the eyelids, which are a feature of the eyelids themselves; or from the size of the bony orbit, which is a skeletal dimension. So the best answer points to the tissue around the eye that shapes its overall appearance.

Eye shape is about the contour created by the tissues surrounding the eyeball. The way the orbit and the periocular soft tissues frame the eye determines its overall appearance—how round or almond-like the eye looks, how much of the eyeball is visible, and how it sits in the face. This is different from the iris color, which is about pigment; from the shape of the eyelids, which are a feature of the eyelids themselves; or from the size of the bony orbit, which is a skeletal dimension. So the best answer points to the tissue around the eye that shapes its overall appearance.