Muscular system
Inferior oblique muscle
Musculus obliquus inferior bulbi oculi
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Extra-ocular muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The inferior oblique muscle or obliquus oculi inferior is a thin, narrow muscle placed near the anterior margin of the floor of the orbit.
The inferior oblique is one of the extraocular muscles, and is attached to the maxillary bone (origin) and the posterior, inferior, lateral surface of the eye (insertion).
The inferior oblique is innervated by the inferior branch of the oculomotor nerve.
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Names
- Latin
- Musculus obliquus inferior bulbi oculi
- English
- Inferior oblique muscle
- French
- Muscle oblique inférieur de l'œil
- Spanish
- Músculo oblicuo inferior del bulbo ocular
- Portuguese
- Músculo oblíquo inferior