Group · Muscular system
Extra-ocular muscles
Musculi externi bulbi oculi
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Part of
- Muscles of head
DescriptionUnreviewed
The extraocular muscles, are the seven extrinsic muscles of the human eye.
Six of the extraocular muscles control movement of the eye and the other muscle, the levator palpebrae, controls eyelid elevation.
The actions of the six muscles responsible for eye movement depend on the position of the eye at the time of muscle contraction.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Musculi externi bulbi oculi
- English
- Extra-ocular muscles
- French
- Muscles extra-oculaires
- Spanish
- Músculos extrínsecos del bulbo ocular
- Portuguese
- Músculos extra-oculares