Superior oblique muscle
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The superior oblique muscle or obliquus oculi superior is a fusiform muscle originating in the upper, medial side of the orbit which abducts, depresses and internally rotates the eye. It is the only e
Superior oblique nerve
Eye movement of lateral rectus muscle, superior view
Eye movement of medial rectus muscle, superior view
Eye movement of inferior rectus muscle, superior view
Extraocular muscles
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The extraocular muscles, or extrinsic ocular muscles, are the seven extrinsic muscles of the eye in humans and other animals. Six of the extraocular muscles, the four recti muscles, and the superior a
Superior oblique muscle
…originating in the upper, medial side of the orbit (i.e. from beside the nose) which abducts, depresses and internally rotates the eye. It is the only extraocular muscle innervated by the trochlear nerve (the fourth cranial nerve). The superior oblique muscle loops through a pulley-like structure (the trochlea of superior…
MRI scan showing lateral rectus muscle and medial rectus muscle
Lateral and anterior views of the extraocular muscles also showing common tendinous ring origin and trochlea
View of the orbit from the front, with nerves and extraocular muscles
Extraocular muscles