Anatom3DExtraocular muscles
Musculi externi bulbi oculi · Okohybné svaly
Muscles
Looks like
Six thin straps on each eyeball, four straight and two slanted, anchored at the back of the socket.
What it does
Move both eyes together so the world stays single and steady.
Keeping it well
Nothing routine; double vision that comes on suddenly is a red flag and needs same-day assessment.
Its parts
- Right superior rectus
- Right inferior rectus
- Right inferior oblique
- Right superior oblique
- Right lateral rectus
- Right medial rectus
- Left superior rectus
- Left inferior rectus
- Left inferior oblique
- Left superior oblique
- Left lateral rectus
- Left medial rectus
- Check ligament of lateral rectus
- Check ligament of medial rectus
- Inferior oblique
- Inferior rectus
- Lateral rectus
- Medial rectus
- Superior oblique
- Superior rectus
- Trochlea of superior oblique muscle
Related conditions
- Blepharitis & styes
- Botulism
- Cataract
- Conjunctivitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
- Hyperthyroidism & Graves' disease
- Keratitis (corneal infection and ulcer)
- Keratoconus
- Lyme disease
- Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Osteoarthritis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Presbyopia
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Retinal detachment
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Sarcopenia
- Sjögren's disease
- Squint & lazy eye
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Tetanus
- Uveitis & iritis