Muscular system
Trochlea of superior oblique muscle
Trochlea musculi obliqui superioris
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Extra-ocular muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The superior oblique muscle loops through a pulley-like structure (the trochlea of superior oblique) and inserts into the sclera on the posterotemporal surface of the eyeball.
It is the pulley system that gives superior oblique its actions, causing depression of the eyeball despite being inserted on the superior surface.
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Names
- Latin
- Trochlea musculi obliqui superioris
- English
- Trochlea of superior oblique muscle
- French
- Trochlée du muscle oblique supérieur
- Spanish
- Tróclea del músculo oblicuo superior
- Portuguese
- Tróclea do músculo oblíquo superior