Inferior rectus muscle

Inferior rectus

The inferior rectus muscle, is shown in this superior view of the eye, along with its axis of rotation. The other muscle is the superior oblique muscle, which angles around the trochlea.
Details
Origin annulus of Zinn at the orbital apex
Insertion 6.5 mm inferior to the limbus
Nerve inferior branch of oculomotor nerve
Actions depression and adduction
Identifiers
Latin musculus rectus inferior bulbi
Dorlands
/Elsevier
m_22/12550484
TA A15.2.07.011
FMA 49036

Anatomical terms of muscle

The inferior rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit.

Structure

Innervation

As with most of the muscles of the orbit, it is innervated by the oculomotor nerve (Cranial Nerve III).

Function

See also: Eye movement

It depresses, adducts, and helps extort (rotate laterally) the eye.

The inferior rectus muscle is the only muscle that is capable of depressing the pupil when it is in a fully abducted position.[1]

Additional images

References

  1. "Eye Theory". Cim.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2010-11-27.

External links

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