Extrinsic Eye Muscles
What are the six extrinsic muscle
Four rectus muscles and two oblique muscles 1. medial 2. lateral 3. Inferior 4. superior
Superior oblique
Moves eye inferiorly (depresses eye) and laterally abducts eye
Inferior oblique
Moves eye superiorly (elevates eye) and laterally (abducts eye) Slanting
Superior rectus
Moves eye superiorly (elevates eye) and medially (adducts eye)
Medial rectus
attaches to the anteromedial surface of the eye and pulls the eye medually (adducts the eye)
Inferior rectus
attaches to anteroinferior part of the eye. Moves eye inferiorly (depresses eye) and medially (adducts eye)
Trochlea
attaches to the superior posterior part of the eye
Lateral rectus
moves eye laterally (abducts eye)
Extrinsic eye muscles
often called extraocular muscles, move the eyes.