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Extrinsic Muscles of the Eye
Names of Muscles & Nerves That Control Them.
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Anatomy
11th Grade
03/30/2011

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Term
Lateral Rectus
Definition
Moves eye laterally, controlled by VI (abducens)
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Medial Rectus
Definition
Moves eye medially, controlled by III (oculomotor)
Term
Superior Rectus
Definition
Elevates eye and turns it medially, III (oculomotor)
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Inferior Rectus
Definition
Depresses eye and turns is medially, controlled by III (oculomotor)
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Inferior Oblique
Definition
Elevates eye and turns it laterally, controlled by III (oculomotor)
Term
Superior Oblique
Definition
Depresses eye and turns it laterally, controlled by IV (troclear)
Term
Which muscles are controlled by nerve III?
Definition
Medial rectus, Superior rectus, Inferior rectus, and Inferior oblique.
Term
Which eye muscles turn the eye medially?
Definition
Medial rectus, Superior rectus, and Inferior rectus.
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Which muscles turn the eye laterally?
Definition
Lateral rectus, Inferior oblique, and Superior oblique.
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