The muscles of the eye are designed to stabilize and move the eyes. All eye muscles have a resting muscle tone that is designed to stabilize eye position. During movements, certain muscles increase their activity while others decrease it.
Location of province of Sichuan within China. Sichuan is a province found in the nation of China. Home to 80,418,200 people, it is the 4th largest division in China in terms of population. Sichuan gained its current status as a province in the year 1949. The government of Sichuan is lead by Wei Hong and is based in the province capital of Chengdu (Population: 7,415,590).
Sichuan is the second largest of China's 23 provinces based on its land area of 187,260 square miles (485,000 sq km). It is located in southwestern China adjacent to the country's largest province, Qinghai. Sichuan's capital city is Chengdu and as of 2007, the province had a population of 87,250,000 people. Sichuan is an important province to China because of its abundant agricultural resources which include such Chinese staples as rice and wheat.