Anatom3DSuperior oblique
Musculus obliquus superior bulbi · Horní šikmý sval oka
Muscles
Looks like
A long thin muscle along the upper inner orbit whose tendon loops through a small pulley before attaching to the top of the eyeball.
What it does
Turns the eye down and in, and rolls it inward; needed to look down toward the nose, as when reading.
Keeping it well
Powered by the trochlear nerve, which is easily hurt by head injury, giving vertical double vision and a head tilt. See a doctor.
Related conditions
- Blepharitis & styes
- Botulism
- Cataract
- Conjunctivitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
- Hyperthyroidism & Graves' disease
- Keratitis (corneal infection and ulcer)
- Keratoconus
- Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Presbyopia
- Retinal detachment
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Sarcoma
- Sarcopenia
- Sjögren's disease
- Squint & lazy eye
- Tetanus
- Uveitis & iritis