Muscular system
Superior oblique muscle
Musculus obliquus superior bulbi oculi
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Extra-ocular muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The superior oblique muscle, or obliquus oculi superior, is a fusiform 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).
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Names
- Latin
- Musculus obliquus superior bulbi oculi
- English
- Superior oblique muscle
- French
- Muscle oblique supérieur de l'œil
- Spanish
- Músculo oblicuo superior del bulbo ocular
- Portuguese
- Músculo oblíquo superior